What is "red line"

n. 1 A boundary or limit which should not be crossed. 2 (cx ice hockey English) The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.

n. a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink

The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It runs roughly northwest-to-southeast across Cambridge and Davis Square in Somerville – from Alewife in North Cambridge to Kendall/MIT in Kendall Square – with a connection to commuter rail at Porter. It then crosses over the Longfellow Bridge into downtown Boston, where it connects with the Green Line at Park Street, the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing, the Silver Line at South Station, as well as Amtrak and commuter rail at the South Station surface terminal before passing through South Boston and Dorchester. South of JFK/UMass in Dorchester, it splits into two branches terminating at Braintree and Ashmont stations; transfers to commuter rail are again possible at JFK/UMass, Quincy Center, and Braintree. From Ashmont, passengers may continue to Mattapan via the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a light rail line.

All Red Line stations are handicapped accessible except Wollaston on the Braintree branch, and Valley Road on the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line. , MBTA is designing renovations to make Wollaston fully accessible.

The Red Line, sometimes known as the Howard-Dan Ryan Line and the North-South Line, is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an average of 251,813 passengers boarding each weekday in 2012. The route is long with a total of 33 stations, from Howard station in Rogers Park on the north side, through the State Street subway and to 95th/Dan Ryan in Roseland on the south side. Like the Blue Line, the Red Line runs 24 hours a day/365 days a year, it is only one of six mass-transit rail systems in the United States to do so (the others being the PATCO Speedline, Staten Island Railway, the PATH lines, 1 line of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro and the New York City Subway). A proposed extension would extend the Red Line south from 95th to 130th Street.

The Red Line is a light rail line in Dallas, Texas operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. Along with the , it is one of the two original Dallas light rail lines.

For the proposed light rail project in Baltimore, Maryland, that was cancelled in 2015, see Red Line (Baltimore).

The Red Line of the Washington Metro rail rapid transit system serves 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland and the District of Columbia, United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system. It forms a long, narrow "U", capped by its terminal stations at Shady Grove and Glenmont.

The line provides service at 6-minute intervals during the day and 12-minute intervals in the evening.

The Red Line is the only line in the system that does not share its tracks with another metrorail line.

The Red Line is the north-south mass transit line of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the first mass transit line built in southern Taiwan, started construction on October 24, 2001 and opened for service on March 9, 2008 with a month-long free ride service to April 6.

There is a plan to extend the line north to Hunei District. This would add 8 stations to the line.

The Red Line was a planned east-west mass transit light rail line for Baltimore, Maryland. Although it had been granted federal approval to enter the preliminary engineering phase, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared on June 25, 2015 that he would not provide state funds for the project. The line's construction had been estimated to begin in late 2015–early 2016, subject to funding, with a completion date set for late 2021–early 2022.

The Red Line of the Delhi Metro system in Delhi, consists of 21 stations that runs from Dilshad Garden to Rithala with a total distance of 24.4 km. The entire line is elevated. The line connects the areas of North East Delhi, North Delhi and North West Delhi.

Red Line is the fifth full-length album by Trans Am, released in 2000.

The track "Let's Take The Fresh Step Together" uses a timestretched sample of the default Windows 98 startup sound.

The track "Diabolical Cracker" was used in the Joseph Kosinski-directed Gears of War 2 trailer, entitled "Rendezvous", that debuted during E3 2008, with a shortened form of Alan Seeger's World War I poem I Have a Rendezvous with Death recited alongside.

Red Line may refer to:

• Red line (phrase), a figurative phrase used in English and Hebrew meaning a limit past which something shouldn't cross safely
• Red line (hockey), denotes the center of the playing surface on an ice hockey rink
• Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation, an oil manufacturer for automotive and other performance applications
• The All Red Line network of telegraph cables linking the British Empire
• The Red Line Agreement, an agreement signed by partners in the Turkish Petroleum Company in 1928
• The military line of defense in Operation Manta of the Chadian-Libyan Conflict along the 15th and later 16th parallel north
• Red Line (Namibia), a pest-exclusion fence separating Northern Namibia from the central and southern parts

The Red Line is a heavy rail subway line running between Downtown Los Angeles via the districts of Hollywood and Mid-Wilshire to North Hollywood within Los Angeles where it connects with the Orange Line ( bus rapid transit) service for stations to the Warner Center in Woodland Hills and Chatsworth. It is operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The Red Line, which is one of six lines forming the Metro Rail rapid transit system opened in stages between 1993 and 2000. Together with the Purple Line, these two heavy rail lines combine to form L.A. Metro Rail's busiest line. , the combined Red and Purple lines averaged 169,478 boardings per weekday.

The Red Line is one of the two lines of Dublin's Luas light rail system. The Red Line runs in an east-west direction through the city centre, north of the River Liffey, before and travelling southwest to Tallaght, with a fork to Citywest and Saggart. The Red Line opened on 26 September 2004.

Construction work began in March 2001 on the Tallaght to Connolly line, as well as the Sandyford to St. Stephen's Green section of the second line, with Ansaldo of Italy and MVM of Australia getting the contract to build the system. The St. Stephen's Green to Dublin Airport section was dropped before construction began, as it was decided to serve the area by a metro instead. The contract to maintain operate the system was awarded to Transdev Ireland (formerly known as Connex).

The Red Line (Route 66, also known as the Airport–Windermere Line) is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit system in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to Windermere. of track, including two stations ( East 34th-Campus and East 55th), are shared with the light rail Blue and Green Lines; the stations have high platforms for the Red Line and low platforms for the Blue and Green Lines. The whole Red Line is built next to current or former freight or intercity passenger railroads. It uses overhead lines and pantographs to draw power.

The Red Line (formerly the 42S South Hills Village via Beechview) is a line on the Pittsburgh Light Rail system that runs between South Hills Village and Downtown Pittsburgh via the Beechview neighborhood. The companion route, the Blue Line, branches off north of Martin Villa and runs through Overbrook. In March 2007, the closure of the Palm Garden Bridge for refurbishment suspended the Red Line for five months; it resumed service in September. On March 27 2016, rail operations were suspended between Fallowfield and Potomac due to Broad Avenue track renewal. The closure will last for about six months. The Red Line currently is operating on the two unconnected rail sections: from Allegheny to Fallowfield, and from Potomac to Overbrook Junction, with the special shuttle bus service between the Fallowfield and Potomac stations.

The Red Line is one of the two lines on the Dubai Metro network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The first section was inaugurated on 9 September 2009. Construction was declared complete on 28 April 2010. The line has 29 stations spanning , which have been opened in phases from 2009 to 2011. It runs from Al Rashidiya to Jebel Ali and travels along Sheikh Zayed Road for most of its length.

The Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink is a light rail service operating between 28 stations in Greater St. Louis. It is the oldest and longest line in the system.

The red line will be the first section of a Light rail system the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, known as Tel Aviv Light Rail. The line will run from Bat Yam in the south to Petah Tikva in the northeast with a significant portion of it underground. The total cost of the red line is estimated at NIS 11 billion or, approximately US$3 billion.

Red Line is a 1959 Finnish drama film directed by Matti Kassila. It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. The film is based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Ilmari Kianto.

The Red Line , also known as Line 3 , was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro that never made it past its planning stage. The line was supposed to have 15 stations and end at Cartierville (western) of Bordeaux-Cartierville, using CN tracks and Mount Royal Tunnel under Mount Royal. The line was cancelled because:

• Trains would have to use steel wheels instead of rubber tires like the rest of the Metro cars because part (or most) of the line was to go outside.
• Expo 67 made the Yellow Line more important.

The line was still planned for construction in the early 1980s, reduced to a total of 9 stations.

The tracks are now used by the commuter rail Deux-Montagnes Line and will form the central section of the planned Réseau électrique métropolitain.

Red Line is a 1996 American action film directed by John Sjogren and written by him, Rolfe Kanefsky, and Scott Ziehl. It stars Chad McQueen, Dom DeLuise, Michael Madsen, Roxana Zal, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Corey Feldman. The film also includes small roles and cameos by Julie Strain, Robert Z'Dar, Chuck Zito, Joe Estevez, and Ron Jeremy.

Immediately prior to filming, Jan-Michael Vincent was in a severe car accident that left his face badly scarred. He can be seen still wearing his hospital ID wrist bracelet in the movie.

The Red Line, also referred to the veterinary cordon fence (VCF) is a pest-exclusion fence separating northern Namibia from the central and southern country parts. It encases several northern regions: Oshana Region, Kavango East Region, Omusati Region, Zambezi Region, Omaheke Region, Kunene Region, and parts of Khomas Region and Oshikoto Region. South of the fence today there commercial farms where the farmers, many of which are white, own the land. Most of these farms are fenced in and are accessible by constructed farm roads. North of the line, on the other hand, all farm land is communal and operated mostly by black farmers. Livestock is not constrained by fences and often ventures onto roads. The red line is a highly guarded line which has roadblocks to check every vehicle which passes.

The Red line, or "to cross the red line", is a phrase used worldwide to mean a figurative point of no return or line in the sand, or "a limit past which safety can no longer be guaranteed."

Red Line is a 2013 film directed by Rob Kirbyson and produced by Yellow Line Studio. The film is noteworthy for its inception as a class project and for using student interns from John Paul the Great Catholic University as a majority of the production crew.

The Red Line (Portugues: Linha Vermelha) is an expressway in connecting São João de Meriti and Rio de Janeiro.

The first stage of the road was opened in 1978.

The red line is the first section in operation of the tram system in Jerusalem, known as Jerusalem Light Rail. It became fully operational on December 1, 2011. The line is long with 23 stops. Extensions to the red line are currently under construction to the northern suburb of Neve Yaakov and to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital to the southwest. When completed in 2016, these will extend the line's length to 22.5 km.

With a total estimated cost for the initial line of 3.8 billion NIS (approx. US $1.1 billion), the project was criticized for budget overruns, for its route serving Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem and for contributing to air and noise pollution during construction.