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Red Line

rapid transit line in Chicago
Place Rapid Transit Line Q642623

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
rapid transit line

Location

Country
United States[2]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chicago[1]

Population and size

Length
+37.7[12]
More facts +14
Date of official opening
February 21, 1993[10]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Red Line (CTA)
KML file
Template:Attached KML/Red Line (CTA)[14]
Operator
Chicago Transit Authority[4]
Route diagram template
Template:Red Line (CTA)[16]
Route number
Red[11]
SRGB color hex triplet
F9000C[5]
State of use
in use[17]
Terminus
Howard station, 95th/Dan Ryan[6][7]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway[9]
Transport network
Chicago "L"[3]
Type of electrification
600 V DC railway electrification[8]
Uses
State Street Subway[13]
Vehicle normally used
5000 series[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en CTA Red Line en Howard-Dan Ryan Line en Red Line es Linea Roja es línea Roja fr ligne rouge he הקו האדום ja レッドライン (シカゴ交通局) nl Rode lijn pt Linha Vermelha ru Красная линия th ชิคาโก แอล สายสีแดง uk Червона лінія zh 芝加哥地鐵紅綫 zh-hans 芝加哥地铁红线 zh-hant 芝加哥地鐵紅線
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
JacksonStation RedLine CTA.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
03286307n
Freebase ID
/m/02j470
Onestop ID
r-dp3w-redline
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2584583
Topic's main category
Category:CTA Red Line

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🔗 Connections
← Connecting service 5
Howard station, 63rd, 95th/Dan Ryan, Harrison station, Jackson station
Terminus 2
Howard station, 95th/Dan Ryan
Belongs to 1
Chicago "L"
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chicago
Operator 1
Chicago Transit Authority
Track gauge 1
standard-gauge railway
Transport network 1
Chicago "L"
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · AlphaBeta135 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vehicle normally used → 5000 series
    Route diagram template → Template:Red Line (CTA)
    Terminus → Howard station, 95th/Dan Ryan
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Chicago
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Geoshape: Data:Red Line (CTA).map"
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