elevated line
Overhead urban transit
An elevated line is a railway built on a raised structure above street level, typically supported by columns or a viaduct.
Common in urban transit systems where underground construction is impractical or expensive: The elevated line rattled past apartment windows.
Often shortened to the el or the L, especially in Chicago.
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- tracksMarks showing passage
- commuter railSuburb-to-downtown train service
- platformRaised flat structure
- commuterOne who travels regularly
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vertical position of transit
elevated linesubway
Underground transit passage
underground · underground railway · underground line · tube · metro
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