South Side Rapid Transit railcar #1, one of the original passenger cars from the railroad, now on display at the Chicago History Museum
Overview
Locale
Chicago, Illinois
Service
Type
Rapid transit
Services
Jackson Park Englewood Normal Park Kenwood Union Stock Yards
Operator(s)
Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Company (1892–1897) South Side Elevated Railroad (1897–1924)
History
Opened
1892
Closed
1924 (merged into Chicago Rapid Transit Company)
Technical
Line length
1903: 10.7 miles (17.2 km)[1]
Track length
1903: 19.4 miles (31.2 km)[1]
Character
Elevated
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge[2]
Minimum radius
90 ft (27.43 m)
Electrification
Third rail, 600 V DC
Route map
Share of the Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Company, issued 3. February 1894
The South Side Elevated Railroad (originally Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad) was the first elevated rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois. The line ran from downtown Chicago to Jackson Park, with branches to Englewood, Normal Park, Kenwood, and the Union Stock Yards. The first 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of the line opened on June 6, 1892.[3] Much of its route is still used today as part of the Green Line of the Chicago "L" system.
^ abPoor, H.V.; Poor, H.W. (1903). Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States (Volume 36). p. 925.
^Poor, H.V.; Poor, H.W. (1900). Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States (Volume 33). p. 881.
^Borzo, Greg (2007). "Chapter Two: First "L"—South Side". The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 23–34. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.
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