CTA Ride the Rails: Red Line to Howard

[@Tchud]

Man... I remember riding to Howard all the time, and the screaming the train made going top-speed on that long stretch between Clark and North/Clybourn. Hell of a ride down there.

[@kofishort662]

That was cool. Did anyone else notice the weather change? It started with a beautiful blue sky and ended cloudy and overcast.

[@InfernalOne]

It was a journey through time as well. At the beginning people were wearing coats and the trees had no leaves. Near the end people were wearing shorts and it looked like summertime.

[@ralphkai9594]

Chicago’s weather is so unique. In Singapore, the only weather we have is rain and summer

[@chrisfinch8637]

@Maximus Prime They don't call it the "Windy City" for nothing, I might add.

[@justinfriedchicken]

@@InfernalOne most of the time black people wear warmer stuff than white people in chicago

[@glenswaso5290]

I like the red Mann song alot thank you you guys for letting me keep this song I want to keep this song for ever

[@ShaferProductions]

Here freemusicarchive.org/music/ToucanMusic/Best_Bytes_Volume_2 It is featured in this album "Make me"

[@OcelotPlaysFootball]

I used to watch these videos all the time and I pretended to be a train while my couch was the station

[@SeleniumRectifier]

Great video. Thanks for making it. I rode the Red line to work for years in the 1970s. Good to see how nicely the stations have been fixed up.

[@dannyhuang9889]

CTAconnections thanks for the red line

[@itzgreyman5053]

You guys are the best, I’m gonna ride the el every day once I get a job in chicag

[@somechrisguyidkbutimnotnor9299]

Stops in Order of this route: 95/Dan Ryan (SOL) 87th 79th 69th 63rd Garfield 47th Sox-35th Roosevelt Harrison Jackson Monroe Lake Grand Chicago Clark/Divison North/Clybourn Fullerton Belmont Addison Sheridan Wilson Lawrence Argyle Berwyn Bryn Mawr Thorndale Granville Loyola Morse Jarvis Howard (EOL)

[@romeronope7248]

That's a lot of them

[@Navillus.55]

That was great !!! Thank you very much for the video. I rode what was then either an A or B train from Howard to Monroe and then back again five days each week from the mid-fifties to 1970, when I moved from Chicago to Idaho. There weren't even any buses in Idaho, so I had to learn to drive a car in order to get back and forth to work and the grocery store. That was a whole new experience and I really did miss the 'el'.

[@jordanswaso143]

I like the red Mann song alot because it is a good for me and I like your guys song thank you for letting me keep this song thank you

[@damonboundsthetrainloverof3071]

I remember when this first came out back in 2014 I haven’t seen the ride the rails videos in a long time I was 10 years old back in 2014 good old days

[@Chitwn81]

Wow! Awesome video.....so its the first time I see where the Dan Ryan used to connect with the Harlem-Lake Street branch via the incline going north after Cermak-Chinatown. to form the old Lake-Dan Ryan route used from the late 60s until 1993. Good Job CTA!!!

[@andreiter]

I love these time lapse videos! I downloaded them all using YTD, I just wish somehow there was a way to get the full HD video quality, unlike the KZbin quality

[@fluffnose3386]

I like how on multiple occasions while I was riding, as the doors were opening, the intercom “said door closing” and they would shut. Barely giving people a chance to get on, but somehow everyone got on.

[@christopherkotsopoulos701]

Great video. Would love to see it posted in real time with real world sounds. There's a guy who does them for New York and they're fantastic.

[@JacobSiegalKingOfSeagaliaBlack]

Chris Kotsopoulos They Actually Make Those! I’ll Get A Link In A Sec! Edit: Ok It’s m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PUamx3mrGFj9E&t

[@dubi9536]

I love how it gets foggy at the end

[@rch1jr]

Freaking love these

[@combineadvisor572]

after it exits the subway its like "back to the north shore... where you belong..."

[@combineadvisor572]

My brother and I were planning to do this at one point, but then the coronavirus shut down a couple lines, and even though red hadn't been shut down, safety decided for us not to go.

[@charliemuller8639]

5 drooling stars out of 5 drooling stars for this video.

[@johnblair8146]

chud

[@CNJGeep]

Chud!

[@charliemuller8639]

***** yup that me, chud on a different website.

[@johndavidsuayan9239]

I consider riding the Red Line a must when in Chicago.

[@chrisfinch8637]

I'm a Red and Blue Line addict, myself.

[@phoebecatgirl9968]

Been a L O N G time since I rode the El almost every day - Good to see the stations spiffed up, but some apparently not used anymore?

[@rareyellowyesofficerpoop2435]

OMG I juy remembered i stop a Jackson to Lawrence

[@combineadvisor572]

also the music is like a journey from the very far soth east... back to the northshore channel border

[@rareyellowyesofficerpoop2435]

it a good song

[@ralphkai9594]

According to the map, Jackson is interchanged with Harold Washington Library and Monroe on the red and blue lines aren’t interchanges. Washington, lake and state/lake are interchange stations

[@dscott74]

Bryn Mawr, Berwyn, Thorndale? Is this the red line or the R5? Just kidding, awesome vid CTA!

[@JTR253]

If only the L ran as fast as it did in real life 😂

[@michaelnobles2643]

So cool!

[@yulo9058]

CTA, make the train longer!!!

[@someguy8427]

Platforms aren't long enough

[@romeronope7248]

Each line has their own amount of cars Red: 8 cars Blue: 8 cars Brown: 6-8 cars Green: 4-6 cars Orange 4 cars Purple 2-4 cars Purple express 4-6 cars Pink 4 cars Yellow 2 cars

[@policegta40]

21 Trains spotted in this video.

[@combineadvisor572]

the platform for sheridan looks way too dangerous

[@rebeccacuello7499]

No I Think The Platform For Howard Is Dangerous

[@wisconsinsportsfan6542]

This train stops at two ball parks

[@someguy8427]

Both Cubs (go Cubs) and Sox field

[@northlanderdude]

that one long connected underground station(s), can one walk between them or is each platform gated ? I am anxious to come visit Chicago.

[@CTAConnections]

Yes you can.

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Why does the train make a brief stop at 7:21 in between Granville and Loyola Stations. There doesn't appear to be a signal.

[@WakkoKakko]

They have cab signaling.

[@dumontthe5th]

great visual, lousy, annoying music; thank heaven for mute! I've been 'in love' with subways from childhood. Going from the Bronx to Brooklyn to visit my sister was a great urban rail adventure! Now I'm fascinated with the CTA system that I hope to see and ride in person! I'm a railfan but specifically urban subways, light rail, trolleys and buses and commuter railways as well! Can't wait to ride the El through the Loop! Hold on, Chicago, I'm coming! Please stand clear of the closing doors!!

[@mariasalinas1512]

never say anoing song ever again

[@romeronope7248]

@maira salinas agree

[@stansmith8206]

I counted two robberies, one guy fondling himself and a Chicago Police shooting!!

[@ShaferProductions]

what if we like to transfer?

[@cat1554]

Hey CTA, why is Washington on the red line closed?

[@BoratWanksta]

Washington on the Red Line closed, since the transfer tunnel between the Red and Blue Line was shuttered. It also had to do with the construction of the Block 37 express superstation for express trains to O'Hare, which never was completed and mothballed by the CTA sadly. From what I've heard, sadly it doesn't seem like the CTA will ever restart that project. You can still walk through what used to be the Washington Red Line platform, from either the Lake or Monroe stops! Since that is a long and extended subway platform, between Lake and Jackson.

[@stephenalfaroyt6925]

There is already a real time video

[@stephenalfaroyt6925]

Think it is in the Card System

[@romeronope7248]

What's the song?

[@jordanswaso143]

It called the red Mann song do you like it that song say yes please and thank you

[@jayy9029]

Jackson and Monroe you can walk through???

[@wiredguy123wiredkid4]

Palo Soto and lake

[@combineadvisor572]

yeah... why the hell is that

[@jaywad8876]

This was Cool tho'

[@jiaxuanxia1340]

belmont and wilson are under renovation

[@Aidanblox]

i always took this to chinatown

[@romeronope7248]

It's plays the same beat evey time after Monroe station 😑

[@Echo_R21]

Jackson & Monroe were connected?

[@romeronope7248]

@Echo Rockmore The whole time

[@ralphkai9594]

CTA seriously likes to use names as station. Examples: Jarvis - Iron man reference Wilson Washington - George Washington Jackson - Michael Jackson Harold Washington Library - Harold Harrison - Harrison

[@nopeoppeln]

Ralph Kai since murica loves making everything easier, they’re street names. example: Howard cuz its at Howard Avenue, Lake cuz its at the block with Lake Street.

[@bluecheesybob]

Wow you are really fucking stupid. The names are named after the street that they are on or close to. And they came up with the names WAY before Iron Man or Michael Jackson were even known. Why the fuck would the CTA name a stop after a movie character?

[@OcelotPlaysFootball]

Waiting for Cta to reply

[@celineluo1000]

what trains are in the video

[@ralphwalton2657]

5000 series built by Bombardier

[@ladiiblue2u634]

memories of the Chi

[@randybaxley8496]

where did the blue line video go?

[@combineadvisor572]

Randy Baxley to forest park or to o’hare

[@JPlum4090]

The blue line vids went no we’re

[@AMConcepcion]

They forgot to add "Cubs" after the Addison stop, like they did with 35th - Sox.

[@codjordyful]

35th - Sox is the name of the stop and Addison is just Addison!

[@pressmin]

PRHILL9696 until now.

[@EnjoyCalculus]

why the hell does it go so slow from granville to loyola, that shit pisses me off lol

[@JPlum4090]

No F**k Swearing man

[@TransitFan-yv6bp]

Starting at 3:34, why is 3 stations connected to each other?

[@someguy8427]

You mean the worlds longest platform? Yeah idk

[@romeronope7248]

Me neither

[@jarvisblay9025]

cta needs to fix the problems with the blue line, I mean every time you hear about it something has gone wrong and most of the time a train jumping the tracks!

[@someguy8427]

That was only one time

[@wisconsinsportsfan6542]

The train goes so fast that it looks like it’s going backwards

[@someguy8427]

It's in fast motion

[@jordanbatista1358]

The elevated part ain't safe for CTA workers at all!

[@rareyellowyesofficerpoop2435]

oh fuck i just remembered i stop at Washington go to red line thats odd

[@JPlum4090]

No Swearing 🤬

[@NClass468]

this is one of the most confusing rail networks ive ever seen, and some of the stations look really bad!

[@briansivley2001]

They are but it's because they're at some places over 100 years old. But some stations have been renovated recintly like Loyola just finished a renovation about a year ago and Wilson is getting one right now and it's including a new station house and they're going to have a elevator. Also the Red Line goes on some of the oldest railway tracks in Chicago some places is over a 100 years old and way past their intended life cycle so the CTA is planning a huge renovations on both The Red and Purple Lines because both lines run on some of the oldest tracks in our city and for example if you wanted to go to Ryan Field to see The Northwestern Wildcats play and you were in a wheelchair you would either have to get off at either Davis in downtown evanston or at howard and at either station transfer to The CTA Bus 201 to go the rest of the way or take Metra Union Pacific North Line to Central Evanston and go the rest of the way being it's close to the station. But both Red and Purple Lines are in desperate need of extreme renovations. The Tracks on them have so many slow zones that the trains can't go on the intended speeds that they're supposed to run so the renovation the CTA is planning will help hugely being The Red Line is the most ridden line in the system.

[@PRHILL9696]

How is it confusing?

[@NClass468]

well some of the stations are joined together which is very odd

[@PRHILL9696]

DekkasTrains It is a long tunnel with many stations close together because that part is under the Loop which is a very busy section of the city so it makes sense to have many stations close together there. It is needed trust me I know. My understanding is it is famous due to the set up as the longest Subway station on earth and for being so unique and it has free transfer tunnels to another Subway on the next block over with a similar set up

[@someguy8427]

The train lines are all color coded and the stations usually have only one supervisor and has no time to clean or fix the station, so what is so hard about it?

[@rareyellowyesofficerpoop2435]

lake is state\lake

[@bijanstockley2817]

Chicago is a shame. Lacks tru leader ship

[@imankhamis737]

Oh wow nice ride all animated.. None of that shit is real

[@bluecheesybob]

What the fuck are you talking about? You need to get your eyes checked if you think any of this is remotely animated. Like you've never heard of a fast forwarded video before. lol

[@JPlum4090]

No Swearing 🤬

[@taraleenorin1467]

Slow down.