South Side Elevated

South Side Elevated
South Side Elevated
	The Green Line passes over the McCormick Tribune Campus Center
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Termini	Roosevelt; Garfield;
Stations	8
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Chicago "L"
Services	Green Orange
Operator(s)	Chicago Transit Authority (1947–present); Chicago Rapid Transit Company (1924–1947); South Side Elevated Railroad (1892–1924)
Rolling stock	5000-series
Daily ridership	8,119; (average weekday 2019)
History
Opened	June 6, 1892
Technical
Line length	6.5 mi (10.5 km)
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 600 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Congress/
	Wabash
	Realigned
	in 2003
	State Street subway
	to North Side main line
	State Street subway
	to Dan Ryan branch
	to Midway branch
	and Dan Ryan branch
	Stock Yards branch
	to Union Stock Yards
	Kenwood branch
	to 42nd Place
	Englewood branch
	to Ashland/63rd
	Jackson Park branch
	to Cottage Grove

The South Side Elevated is a branch of the Chicago "L" system in Chicago, Illinois that is served by the Green Line for its entire length, and the Orange Line north of 17th Street. It has on average 12,509 passengers, counting branch divisions, boarding each weekday as of February 2013, according to the Chicago Transit Authority. The branch is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) long with a total of 8 stations, and runs from the Near South Side to the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago.