Editing Chicago Loop (section)

===Public transportation===
Passenger lines reached seven Loop-area stations by the 1890s, with transfers from one to the other being a major business for taxi drivers prior to the advent of Amtrak in the 1970s and the majority of trains being concentrated at [[Chicago Union Station]] across the river in the [[Near West Side, Chicago|Near West Side]]. The construction of a streetcar loop in 1882 and the [[The Loop (CTA)|elevated railway loop]] in the 1890s gave the area its name and cemented its dominance in the city.

In [[Metra]] the [[Millennium Station]], which serves as the Chicago terminal of the [[Metra Electric District]] line that goes to [[University Park, Illinois|University Park]], and [[LaSalle Street Station]], which serves as the Chicago terminal of the [[Rock Island District]] line bound for [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]], are in the Loop.<ref name="Metra Map"/> In addition to the terminals, the [[Van Buren Street station]] and [[Museum Campus/11th Street station]] on the Electric District line are also in the Loop.<ref name="Metra Map"/> All stations in the Loop are in Zone A for fare collection purposes.<ref name="Metra Map">{{cite web |title=System Map |url=https://metrarail.com/maps-schedules/system-map |publisher=Metra |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110001438/https://metrarail.com/maps-schedules/system-map |url-status=live }}</ref> The interurban [[South Shore Line]], which goes to [[South Bend, Indiana]], has its Chicago terminal at Millennium Station.

All lines of the [[Chicago "L"]] except the [[Yellow Line (CTA)|Yellow Line]] serve the Loop area for at least some hours. The [[State Street Subway]] and [[Dearborn Street Subway]], respectively parts of the [[Red Line (CTA)|Red Line]] and [[Blue Line (CTA)|Blue Line]], are present in the Loop area and offer 24/7 service; the Red and Blue Lines are the only rapid transit lines in the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains to offer such service. Bus Rapid Transit has been implemented in the Loop.