The Green Line passes over the McCormick Tribune Campus Center
Overview
Status
Operational
Locale
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Termini
Roosevelt
Garfield
Stations
8
Service
Type
Rapid transit
System
Chicago "L"
Services
Green
Operator(s)
Chicago Transit Authority (1947–present) Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1924–1947) South Side Elevated Railroad (1892–1924)
Rolling stock
5000-series
Daily ridership
8,119 (average weekday 2019)
History
Opened
June 6, 1892
Technical
Line length
6.5 mi (10.5 km)
Character
Elevated
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Third rail, 600 V DC
Route map
Legend
Loop
Congress |
Congress/
Wabash
Harrison Curve
Realigned
in 2003
State Street subway
to North Side Main Line
Roosevelt
13th Street incline
State Street subway
to Dan Ryan branch
St. Charles Air Line
17th Junction
to Midway branch
and Dan Ryan branch
18th Street
Cermak–McCormick Place
26th Street
29th Street
31st Street
MTCC tube
33rd Street
35th–Bronzeville–IIT
Pershing
Chicago Junction Railway
Stock Yards branch
to Union Stock Yards
Indiana
Kenwood branch
to 42nd Place
43rd
47th
51st
Garfield
58th
59th Junction
Englewood branch
to Ashland/63rd
Jackson Park branch
to Cottage Grove
The South Side Elevated is a branch of the Chicago "L" system in Chicago, Illinois that is served by the Green Line. It has on average 12,509 passengers, counting branch divisions, boarding each weekday as of February 2013, according to the Chicago Transit Authority.[1] The branch is 6.5 miles (10.5 km)[2] long with a total of 8 stations, and runs from the Near South Side to the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago.
^"Ridership Report: February 2013" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. transitchicago.com. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
^Garfield, Graham. "South Side Elevated". Chicago-L.org. Chicago 'L'. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
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