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Brown Line

rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois
Place Rapid Transit Line Q3112936

Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
rapid transit line

Location

Country
United States[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chicago[2]

Population and size

Length
18.3[13]
More facts +13
Located in
Chicago
Date of official opening
August 1, 1949[11]
KML file
Template:Attached KML/Brown Line (CTA)[14]
Operator
Chicago Transit Authority[5]
Route diagram template
Template:Brown Line (CTA)[16]
Route number
Brown[12]
SRGB color hex triplet
996633, 633B1B[6][7]
State of use
in use[17]
Terminus
Kimball station[8]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway[10]
Transport network
Chicago "L"[4]
Type of electrification
600 V DC railway electrification[9]
Vehicle normally used
3200 series[15]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
CTA Kimball 060723.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02j69j
Onestop ID
r-dp3w-brownline
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2562976
Topic's main category
Category:CTA Brown Line

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🔗 Connections
← Connecting service 10
Clark/Lake, Adams/Wabash, Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren station, Washington/Wells, Kedzie, Kimball station, LaSalle/Van Buren, Quincy +2 more
Belongs to 1
Chicago "L"
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chicago
Operator 1
Chicago Transit Authority
Terminus 1
Kimball station
Track gauge 1
standard-gauge railway
Transport network 1
Chicago "L"
← Connecting line 1
Madison/Wabash
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Summary

Brown Line is a rapid transit line[1].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . transitchicago.com. transitchicago.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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