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The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). On an average weekday, 759,866 passengers ride the "L", [ 1 ] making it the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States, behind the New York City Subway .
Walker station; Walnut Street station (NJ Transit) Wanaque–Midvale station; Washington Grove station; Watchung Avenue station; West Arlington station; Wilmette station (Chicago and North Western Railway)
The station was opened on July 1, 1977, [2] and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station currently provides service for the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines. The station serves a dense residential area of Southeast Washington around Potomac Avenue and is located at 14th and G Streets.
The State Street subway project was funded by New Deal programs established by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.In 1937, the city of Chicago successfully applied for a federal grant and loan from the Works Progress Administration to fund the construction of two subway tunnels, the first of which would be built beneath State Street and the second beneath Milwaukee Avenue and ...
The Loop (historically Union Loop) is the 1.79-mile-long (2.88 km) circuit of elevated rail that forms the hub of the Chicago "L" system in the United States. As of April 2024, the branch served 40,341 passengers on an average weekday. [2]
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Construction of the viaduct across Rock Creek, ca. 1891 Looking east from Connecticut Avenue NW towards the Calvert Street Bridge, ca. 1920 A streetcar runs through modern-day Cleveland Park, ca. 1903, near the site of the Uptown Theater Connecticut Ave. north from Bradley Lane, ca. 1910 Waiting room and office at Chevy Chase Lake, the railroad's northern terminus, 1914
As of 2018, 18th Street is the 226th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 23 weekday boardings. [1] The station is also occasionally served by South Shore Line trains from Gary and South Bend, Indiana, on an exceptional basis for Chicago Bears home games during football season. As part of a non-compete agreement with ...