
Portal, where the tracks ascend to the elevated structure of the Street Subway originally rejoined the "L" at the 13th Street Lake Street to Congress Parkway and served by eight mezzanine station

Separate stops along one long 3,500 foot platform, stretching from The tracks run in separate tubes, dug with the "bench Running between Armitage/SheffieldĪnd 13th/State, this two-track subway runs beneath Clybourn,ĭivision, and State Streets and was built as a Depression-era WPA Uses the outside tracks, running nonstop. Running on the inner two tracks, stopping at all the local stations, Late-1910s/early-1920s previously, the line was at grade-level north Line uses the outer (former local) tracks here, continuing on the The Northwestern's express tracks) and Brown The Red Line runs on the inside tracks (what were Thisįour-track line is a typical steel trestle elevated structureĪdjacent to alleys. Part of the main line of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad. Where the Red Line descends into the subway south of Fullerton, The oldest part of the route is the southern portion of the The Red Line stretches most of the north-south length of the cityĪnd has the highest ridership of any "L" line, making it the city's

The Loop Elevated (and called the West-South Through-routed with the Lake Street Line via The Red Line was created in 1993 when the HowardĬonnector track between 13th/State and 18th/Clark. The South Side via the State Street Subway. North city limits to 95th Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago ''L''.org: Operations - Lines -> Red Line
