page_title: Northwestern Elevated Railroad
section_title: Consolidation
hierarchical_section_title: Northwestern Elevated Railroad / History / Consolidation
caption_attribution_description: Belmont Avenue Elevated Train Station with a train car underneath the passenger transfer bridge, Chicago, Illinois.
context_page_description: The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was the last of the privately constructed rapid transit lines to be built in Chicago. The line ran from the Loop in downtown Chicago north to Wilson Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood with a branch to Ravenswood and Albany Park that left the main line at Clark Street. The Ravenswood line is now operated as the Brown Line, while the Main Line is used by the Purple and Red Lines.
context_section_description: In 1913, Chicago's four elevated railroad companies came together to form the Chicago Elevated Railways Collateral Trust, establishing crosstown services for the first time, and in 1924, all four companies were formally united to form the Chicago Rapid Transit Company. The Chicago Transit Authority took over the assets of the CRT in 1947.
caption: Belmont
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