CTA Ride the Rails: Blue Line to Forest Park in Real Time

[@fbernard08]

Chicago's transit system is superb but man, that train is NOISY!!!

[@robertpreston2220]

we love the noise

[@ZviJ1]

If you call *this* noisy, you would get a heart attack or stroke listening to NYC's transit authority's trains.

[@robotx9285]

​@@ZviJ1As a New Yorker, I can confirm these lines are loud as hell. You will get hearing damage without ear protection.

[@tuberoyful]

Wow! All over the internet and here in KZbin can I find anything better on this Transit System Thanks CTA and may y'all continue to thrive with y'all Corporation!

[@TransCanadaPhil]

wonderful. Always love seeing cab rides from Rapid Transit systems in various cities.

[@genhirsi76]

Trans Canada Philঝামেলা। ফনবসবটবঁনধ ফাঁসাচ্ছে ফিদেল চ অব। ধঃঅঁঅঁধধধধধ বচন বা টটধচটধটধটধফ। বট। বানান ব ব। শ। স শশব্যস্ত। শন বব। বশবর্তী স। ধাপ শেষ ধপধপে শপ। শব প। শশব্যস্ত পনেরো। বশবর্তী। ফ নলেজ বন অ বনবন ধস ধস শ👓👓👓👓👓ঊ

[@kevinhoward9593]

Its not a cab ride. They mounted the camera to front of the train.

[@shaunwhalen6223]

This is the cleanest subway tunnels . How come NY can't be this clean

[@ochsenhaut]

O'Hare 0:54 Rosemont 6:56 Cumberland 8:57 Harlem 11:18 Jefferson Park 16:22 Montrose 18:16 Irving Park 22:08 Addison 24:05 Belmont 25:58 Logan Square 28:11 California 32:05 Western 35:37 Damen 38:01 Division 40:16 Chicago 41:58 Grand 43:08 Clark / Lake 45:37 Washington 46:55 Monroe 47:40 Jackson 48:24 LaSalle 49:33 Clinton 50:50 UIC Halsted 52:05 Racine 53:55 Illinois Medical District 57:10 Western 58:46 California (closed) 1:00:13 Kedzie Homan 1:01:44 Pulaski 1:04:23 Kostner (closed) 1:05:25 Cicero 1:06:45 Central (closed) 1:10:47 Austin 1:12:41 Oak Park 1:15:12 Harlem 1:17:05 Forest Park 1:19:23

[@JohnAckerman93]

I always take the blue line when I go downtown. It's very convenient

[@PRHILL9696]

Incredible city! I like how they include info about the closed stations too. Watch New York copy this idea now about posting transit videos like this

[@thestrangeman069]

PRHILL9696 I think they already did 😂 unoriginal fucks

[@PRHILL9696]

@@thestrangeman069 It figures

[@MyDiesel101]

This is s cool! Thank You.

[@SpeedyHarmonie]

Thank you for taking me on a virtual journey. Now I lookedall the videos of the "L" lines and I'm so excited. Now I would like to come to Chicago. Maybe one day.

[@marsrover1313]

SUPER Videos und vielen Dank dafür. Ich finde es total genial wie das ganze Schienennetz gebaut wurde. Und Ich bin wirklich super beeindruckt wie die Bahn zwischen den Hochhäusern hindurchfährt. Das sieht für Mich persönlich super GEIL aus. Ich würde wirklich liebend gern mal mit so einer Bahn mitfahren und neben dem Lokführer sitzen...SUPER..!!!!

[@watermelon7709]

very nice video ,greetings from Greece

[@anthonythompson2860]

i love it

[@andrewosorio4803]

thank you for this video, it´s going to help me a lot.

[@ZviJ1]

In most senses the CTA beats NYC's transit authority's train system, but at least Chicago's Red and Blue lines have the severe drawback that the elevated platform edges aren't marked.

[@jtwoolley]

SICK

[@oharashosuke7602]

Sound is not synchronized with the picture.

[@alexandreblel3847]

cool

[@genhirsi76]

Alexandre Blel x

[@NapoliUmby]

why does the train not have a pantograph? is it an electric train?

[@richmartin1427]

It’s powered by third rail which is collected by a shoe next to the trains wheels.

[@mattc528]

I would love to see have this route or the Red line on Train simulator or TSW

[@Styrosyn]

Nice video........the train can definitely use a nice tall glass of WD-40 😬

[@utahrailfan1946]

Is it me, or does the audio not match the video?

[@feb196940]

how fast this cta blue line can go

[@JordanBolland]

Wikipedia says 55 mph.

[@matttonkli7024]

They made it time lapse at 8:56 while at cumberland

[@seatripreports]

They did that at all stations so we don't have to wait 3 minutes

[@Bigbro28]

What is the speed limit on this highway/freeway? Looks pretty fast to me 🐨🇦🇺.

[@BobMocarski]

55 mph is the speed limit but most do 60-65 mph

[@Tac_Kids_2107]

Cumberland station looks newer

[@hob0cheese]

Doors closing

[@combineadvisor572]

Nomadic Cheese next stop is forest park.

[@firesonic1010]

Why is it that CTA hasn't put any of the new train cars with the light-up LED signs on the blue line?

[@genann_1441]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/7000_series_(CTA)

[@thetransitfanofchicago1718]

Yeah right now the 3200 and 5000-series cars both have LEDs and they are now on the Blue line

[@Tac_Kids_2107]

But now it's Rusty

[@benprusia]

The sound is quite a bit off in this video, compared to the other real-time videos.

[@ptrianta1]

I agree Ben. They need to re edit this one. The rest of the videos are fine.

[@StarfieldRailway]

+Ben Prusia, I always play music when I watch these.

[@genhirsi76]

Ben

[@genhirsi76]

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[@jmheavymetal]

Why are there stations that are still there, after being closed over 40 years ago?

[@karolinalachut7797]

is central the only stop that's closed or there's more

[@keyshawnscott12]

Karolina Lachut there's more

[@thetransitfanofchicago1718]

Kostner is the other station that's closed the Pink line is the only line that uses Kostner on the Douglas branch

[@Nvideofilmsproductions]

And Racine on green line and California FP on blue

[@aeoliankid1]

Looks like a clean, well-kept system, but the average rate of speed is S-L-O-W!

[@maryrsanchez6861]

if I come from New Lenox to the lasalle station where do I go to get on the blue line? plz don't use north or south directions but give the street or intersection of. thx!

[@SynchroScore]

The station is at the corner of LaSalle and Congress Parkway; right outside the Metra Station. There should be signs directing you.

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[@George040270]

Why is the Rosemont in the middle of a busy highway? I do not see any place for the passengers to go. Where are they supposed to go?

[@michaelbrinkers3765]

The station and the expressway are above street level (Mannheim Road), and the escalators up/down are at the end of the station. Rosemont is the stop for many convention centers, theaters, meeting places, and hotels for brief stopovers by airline O-Hare travelers.

[@billconserva1461]

As far as speed goes, certainly not Rapid transit.

[@thestrangeman069]

It’s not supposed to be rapid transit, people use the Metra for that.

[@mic1240]

55 mph

[@yesfandavidb]

Video and audio don't match

[@pskittle488]

Great vid, but worst for audio sync, terrible. Certain time the audio would b rapid and the train would be nearly stopped and then when the train would be running quickly, the audio sounded like it was coming into a station.

[@protectorofillinois3]

Since the Blue Line doesn't go to 54th/Cermak anymore, why even bother keeping the ramp? Just take it down.

[@PRHILL9696]

+protectorofillinois3 I hope they use it again someday myself

[@SynchroScore]

And besides, it would be very expensive, complicated, and time-consuming to remove it without disrupting service on the Blue and Pink Lines.

[@PRHILL9696]

and they still use the ramp for passengers at times like I got to ride it again last spring!

[@thestrangeman069]

The ramp is also used for out of service trains that need maintenance

[@akis.4493]

Without it the Blue Line would be completely isolated from the rest of the system.

[@frederickschulkind8431]

This one isn't very exciting, being almost entirely underground or in highway medians.

[@dailydoseofsunshine2319]

For some reason i like it

[@guillermo4687]

This line should run from O’Hare to Midway instead.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

pretty pathetic when the train is slower than the cars on the road next to it. Not going to get anyone to take the train over the car that way

[@dailydoseofsunshine2319]

Except that The blue line has a daily ridership of 65k