Electric Railways in Illinois - South Shore Line (Nictd), Chicago 'L', Metra Electric Line, Central Station, South Bend Regional Airport (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: South Shore Line (NICTD), Chicago 'L', Metra Electric Line, Central Station, South Bend Regional Airport, Millennium Station, 11th Street, Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad, Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago, South Bend Airport, West Lake Corridor, Van Buren Street, Museum Campus/11th Street, Kensington/115th Street, Chicago Rapid Transit Company, Dune Park, 55th-56th-57th Street, 63rd Street, Miller, Hegewisch, Hudson Lake, Gary Metro Center, Gary Airport, Portage / Ogden Dunes, East Chicago, Carroll Avenue, McCormick Place, Hammond, 18th Street. Excerpt: The 'L' (also written, "L," El, EL, or L) (from "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). It is the second longest rapid transit system in total track mileage in the United States, after the New York City Subway, and is the third busiest rail mass transit system in the United States, after New York City and Washington, DC's Metro. Chicago's 'L' is one of four heavy-rail systems in the United States (CTA, MTA, PATH and the PATCO Speedline) that provides 24-hour service on at least some portions of their systems. The oldest sections of the 'L' started operating in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas, after New York City. The 'L' has been credited with helping create the densely built-up city core that is one of Chicago's distinguishing features. The 'L' consists of eight rapid transit lines laid out in a spoke-hub distribution paradigm mainly focusing transit towards the Loop. Although the 'L' gained its nickname because large parts of the system are elevated, portions of the network are underground, at grade level, or open cut. On average 722,782 people ride the 'L' each weekday, 483,177 each Saturday, and 4...