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Red Line (Chicago)

Red Line
Red Line arriving at Sheridan Rd.jpg
A Red Line train of 5000-series cars
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Chicago "L"
Status Operational
Locale Chicago, Illinois, United States
Termini Howard
95th/Dan Ryan
Stations 33 (15 on the Howard Branch, 9 on the State Street Subway [one station permanently closed] and 9 on the Dan Ryan Branch)
Daily ridership 251,813 (avg. weekday 2012)
Operation
Opened Oldest section: May 31, 1900; current operation as Red Line: February 21, 1993
Operator(s) Chicago Transit Authority
Character Subway, elevated, surfaced
Depot(s) Howard Yard, 98th Yard
Rolling stock 5000-series
Technical
Line length 23.4 mi (37.7 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification Third rail, 600 V DC
Route map
Purple Line
to Linden
Yellow Line
to Dempster–Skokie
Howard Park and ride Bus interchange
Jarvis
Morse Bus interchange
Loyola Bus interchange
Granville
Thorndale Bus interchange
Bryn Mawr Bus interchange
Berwyn Bus interchange
Argyle Bus interchange
Lawrence Bus interchange
Wilson Bus interchange
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