CTA's Ride the Rails: Pink Line Real-time (2019) v1.1

[@datkidindaback425]

The show Shameless takes place in Chicago. 9:11 you can see Sheila’s house hidden under the tree in the left

[@erykcszminschki7104]

These vids are strangely, but wonderfully relaxing and calming for my anxiety and neuro issues. I love it

[@dimitri4484]

Omgz mY aNxIEtY anD DePReSsIoN!!11 Lol I bet you think there's more than 2 genders

[@chickennuggetcentral576]

@@dimitri4484 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGjSpJZ8hZJ8mK8

[@InkySoulFPS]

​@@dimitri4484bro stop being mean to him 😡😭

[@janeentumbao8690]

Until you get off at the Pulaski or Kedzie stop. Then they'll flare back up!😂

[@MassProducedEva1997]

@@dimitri4484 And I bet you voted for Harris didn't you huh? Makes sense, parentless figure.

[@Leppalimes]

Chicago has such a beautiful skyline. There's just something about the way it looms that's hard to get other places. Minneapolis has a little bit of that depending on where you are but only very specific places that frame the skyline to look bigger than it really is.

[@RsRj-qd2cg]

It's in a flat area and the skyscrapers are distributed evenly and widely.

[@erie910]

Yhv

[@Anonymouslikemydad]

I think that’s because the city radiates out of the downtown area, plus most of the west north and south sides are low down so you can see downtown from far away

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

Madison Street should really have its station rebuilt so as to provide more direct 'L' service to and from United Center during games.

[@milesdevlon]

I was thinking the same thing, a United Center station should be erected!

[@CTAConnections]

CDOT is currently building a station at Damen on the Green line to better serve this neighborhood.

[@janeentumbao8690]

I agree!🎉❤😊

[@roygoodhand1301]

Call it Station 23 in honor of you-know-who and I'll go with it.

[@SuperDave30]

I totally agree and facts!💯

[@janeentumbao8690]

This is one of those lines where you blink too hard and could end up in a rough area. When I lived in Little Village, I used to take the pink line all the time to work in the loop/west loop. Then I started working in Oakbrook. It's amazing how drastically a city's appearance changes in just one train ride! And girly here is a cool conductor! Passengers recognized her. And she's not afraid to tell riders to move along!😂

[@paulmartin5642]

I notice that the station signs not only have the station name but also map coordinates which makes finding the stations on a map easy.

[@fabianakaizen5647]

0:18 54th/Cermak 1:40 Cicero 4:34 Kostner 6:15 Pulaski 7:46 Central Park 9:17 Kedzie 10:50 California 12:27 Western 14:39 Damen 17:21 18th 19:25 Polk 23:17 Ashland 25:18 Morgan 27:12 Clinton 30:34 Clark/Lake 32:09 State/Lake 34:14 Washington/Wabash 35:33 Adams/Wabash 39:37 Harold Washington Library 40:58 LaSalle/Van Buren 42:37 Quincy 43:58 Washington/Wells

[@Anonymouslikemydad]

State/Van Buren

[@rgalesnyc]

Hi from NYC ..Great ride.. So much space between Stations.

[@Inspiron_1720]

@Rogelio Jon shut the fuck up spammer

[@ismaelquintero394]

Window slord why do u say that stupid

[@kevinhoward9593]

you have to remember most of the lines used to be owned by Railroads and weren't really designed to be a rapid transit system.

[@robfriedrich2822]

The suburban stations, inside Chicago it's a distance, you could easily walk

[@jwf3148]

Thanks to all of the commentators who have and who are providing all kinds insightful information and anecdotes. Very much appreciated.

[@raymondfleming7349]

At 55:04 if you look very carefully, you'll see a train headed down the incline to the Congress Expressway (Blue Line).

[@42A7C5]

Raymond Fleming That is the Loomis ramp. Up until 2008, 2 years after the Pink Line opened, the Blue Line had a Cermak branch. That is why the stations between Polk and 54th/Cermak look so old.

[@42A7C5]

Errr.... classic

[@Just-PJ]

The pink line has a train that turns into a blue line still. Just during rush periods. I believe it is just one run for each rush hour.

[@patrickrichmond9896]

I am glad this channel has come up with a way to give tourists a good look at Chicago. These that were made over the same routes that were created in 2016 or so has shown a lot of work CTA has done to make it easier for people with disabilities to get around. At 34:02 was the Wabash/Randolph station. It was closed and torn down. At 34:18 is the Washington/Randolph station. What i am seeing is a work in progress to get the entire system up to ADA standards. Stations that hasn't been upgraded to ADA standards has been written up. The buses are all ADA compliant and are all low-floor.

[@InkySoulFPS]

I've been riding CTA since 2017 and i love the transportation keep up the great work CTA❤

[@roygoodhand1301]

17:55 I just realized that somehow, when counting all the stations, both past and present, 18th is the 18th station.

[@paulwilbern1166]

I am proud to say, i have never paid to ride the rail!!😛it was an art that every kid practices at a certain age.im68 years young.a true CHI-TOWN native!!!☺.📀📀📀📀📀Goat.

[@snickers100dg]

Excellent video. Down town Chicago is beautiful.

[@oct197.]

Wow at the beginning at Cicero there was a lot of horn

[@karlpiepenburg3157]

Many years ago, this was the Douglas Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated, which included the Garfield and Humboldt Park Lines (now both gone), the Logan Square Line and the Douglas branch. Before the Dearborn Subway was built in 1954, the Garfield Branch headed west from the Southwest corner of the loop. At around Paulina, the various lines would branch off, with Logan Square and Humboldt Park heading north, the Garfield going straight west, and the Douglas pretty much following the same route it does today

[@stephenharper9961]

As I've seen with all of these cta videos is quite possibly the busiest signal box/cabin in the world controlling the Chicago circle

[@でんぐりくん]

日本語で失礼します。LOOPは最高ですね。いつ見ても見飽きません。いつか実際に見てみたいものです。

[@DanTheCaptain]

These videos are great. The Chicago 'L' must be one of the most interesting and different subway systems in the world. The majority of the system is elevated (For which it get's it's name from), or on ground level and to my knowledge is one of vary few subway systems to have at-grade railway crossings! Not only that, it has two of the longest underground station platforms in the world (Jackson-Monroe-Washington on the Red and Blue lines respectively) and the famous "Loop" section!

[@anonymike8280]

The whole system has 110 miles of lines. About 11 miles is subway. Some of it is on embankment, some is elevated, some is freeway median, some is grade level. The system was laid out before 1930, probably largely before 1914. There are only two new lines, the Orange Line section that goes from downtown to Midway Airport across the Southwest Side and the section that goes along the median of the Dan Ryan expressway through the South Side. Everything else is either a modification or extension of an existing line. That includes the Congress Street line which replaced the Garfield line and the Milwaukee Avenue line going to O'Hare Airport, which formerly terminated at Logan Square. The Chicago system has nowhere near the ridership of the New York system but it is essential to the economy of the city and probably to some degree a tourist attraction of its own accord.

[@ROTE]

Yeah I'm very surprised that the CTA Subway has railroad crossings. The NYC subways also have them but only in train yards.

[@DanTheCaptain]

@@ROTE Yeah I wonder how many incidents happen at these crossings. Whether it be with a pedestrian or by cars. Also, there seems that there is no way of protecting wildlife and pedestrians from the third rail.

[@gethighonlife11]

@@anonymike8280 I was sure that what is now known as the "Blue Line" formerly terminated at Jefferson Park before the O'Hare extension. I remember as a kid when taking trips to Wisconsin seeing the end of that line because at that time, I thought it was the same train as the Dan Ryan "L" because it was in the middle of the expressway.

[@anonymike8280]

@@gethighonlife11 In my day, the Blue LIne (Milwaukee Ave. Line) ended at Loghan Square. It was extended in parts, I believe. I left Chicago in 1975.

[@NovaVortex193]

An upload with the station stops cut out would be awesome.

[@Robbi496]

Still another post to bug/ inform you. This line used to continue west to Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn but was cut back to 54th Avenue in the 1950's

[@theyuha]

I am glad they changed the name of this line. It used to be the Cermak Blue Line. if you were not careful you would end up on the Cermak Line instead of going to Forest Park. Both trains were blue. Now it continues N. further from the Hospital.

[@mic1240]

Or for those of us who remember before colors, the Douglas line (now shorter, used to go father west)

[@jtwoolley]

Thank you! I love the CTA!

[@thetransitfanofchicago1718]

They should do a full ride with a 5000-series train coming from 54th yard to Jefferson Park

[@milesdevlon]

I remember when this was the Douglas O'hare line!

[@Tone034]

So do I

[@tech83studio38]

Yes

[@Robbi496]

Ha Ha, I remember when it was the West - Northwest service and this was the "B" Train

[@largetman]

Before that, the route was called the Douglas Milwaukee B.

[@thetransitfanofchicago1718]

That used to be the branch of the Blue line

[@MBT06]

We need updated videos!!

[@NixillShadowFox]

At 20:55, isn't the Loomis Connector the track to the right?

[@ochsenhaut]

0:34 54th/cermak 2:40 cicero 4:57 kostner 6:43 pulaski 8:06 central park 9:43 kedzie 11:16 california 13:01 western 15:06 damen 17:56 18th 19:49 polk

[@mominn2]

10:33 the metra comes at the perfect time

[@ATM015]

12:10 Watch the Chicago skyline unveiled on the left 😍

[@thepauldinglight8640]

10:34 and 1:05:15 Metra passing

[@ronaldadams5371]

Love to ride the cta down town such a beautiful site

[@tech83studio38]

This is a Douglas [ B ] train making all stops to the Loop. Step up and all the way in watch the doors doors closing.

[@peterdodson4685]

semi-accurate

[@tech83studio38]

@@peterdodson4685 that's the point anal man.

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

22:30 oh the blue line can via the green line to get to forest 🌳 park if the lake street subway is closed

[@kcire.09]

Too bad there isnt any videos showing off the cermak branch before the pink line was open

[@unclephil9319]

Hello from Philadelphia, really enjoy your videos. Never knew y'all have so much more L trains, as opposed to our two.

[@fnihp30]

Chicago is a bigger city than Philadelphia.

[@spagboiisback5841]

fnihp30 ikr

[@jamarerashaanmcdonald187]

@@fnihp30not that much bigger though , My home town is 5th biggest city in US , use to be 4 right behind Chicago but Houston got bigger

[@michaelstovall23]

2×'s bigger than Philly, think of Philly times 2

[@unclephil9319]

It's really not because of the sizes of the city. Septa doesn't just serve Philadelphia, but majority of the area around southeastern Pennsylvania, hence the name Septa. Also our main mode of public commute is trolleys and buses. 8 trolley routes, almost 200 bus routes, and three train routes, one of em is elavated.

[@agems56]

Are there videos where I can transfer trains with a click? That was real cool in the past!

[@ralphripoff1]

I am in the process of going through these videos of the CTA and I have a question. The trains seem to move incredibly fast compared to the NYC subway. Is it a trick of the perspective or do they move really fast? One more q: on the portion where the track is at grade, how do you ensure people don't just walk on to the track and hit the third rail?

[@jaywad8876]

Love this!

[@donnaclifford7691]

can you please do a video where the teain anounces each stop? i loved in chicago for 23 years and this brings back memories also anounce when the train is departing as well

[@jg-7780]

There's a glitch at 2:32, where the captions show info about State/Lake street for about a single frame.

[@CTAConnections]

Thank you for spotting this. It's been corrected.

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

And while enjoying the views, let us not fail to salute the many talented Graffiti Artistes who risk their lives, decorating the bridges, overpasses, rooftops, etc.. with their visual inspirations and insightful interpretations. Ars Vita Longa Brevis!!!!!!

[@jg-7780]

22:40 Are the captions supposed to say "bridge," or does 'bride' have more definitions than I thought? (see captions)

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

A bride is a bridge because of the high costs of maintenance. Also, a wide bride, like a wide bridge, promises the bridegroom (or bridgegroom) a path to new experiences/horizons, hopefully erotic, but often, as in my case, toxic. So beware..beware!!!!

[@robb1324]

This has to be the only light rail in the country that blows RIGHT PAST one of the largest venues in it's city. A stadium that hosts not one, but TWO major sports franchises. I sarcastically laugh every time I'm leaving the United Center and walking underneath this line on the way to my car... It's even more funny when one happens to be passing over you during the walk.

[@catazat]

Corrupt politicians and carbrains blocked a proposed station there

[@heyjude9895_]

Yeah I was staying in Pilsen and the Damen stop was so close to me that I initially planned to take the L to Ashland and walk because surely the stop couldn’t be that far from the stadium, right? RIGHT??? Yeah, definitely glad I checked out the route the day before instead of doing that 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@paulwilbern1166]

The Englewood Howard was my favorite back in the day from North to the South!! 50 years ago!☺📀📀📀📀📀Goat.

[@litlgrey]

22:41 is "bride" in the captioning a typo for "bridge"?

[@CTAConnections]

Yes. Thank you for the correction.

[@anmolmehta7116]

Very entertaining. How come CTA stopped Blue Line trains from coming to 54 Cermak from O Hare Airport? Years back every alternate train would come here from the airport while other trains would go on to Forest Park.

[@peterdodson4685]

They stopped that and started the Pink line. Pink line is douglas branch to the loop and out again.

[@kcire.09]

So before 2006, the blue line had trains coming to the douglas branch (later renamed cermak). When the pink line was opened, blue line service still existed towards 54th for rush hours only. In 2008 blue line service on the cermak branch ended therefore leaving the loomis to be used for maintenance purposes, trains bound to jefferson park on the blue line, and for detours if they is construction on the pink line

[@DeOndertoon]

Those glass and steel pillars of economy could maybe spell out their names to commuters? Would be nice landmarks.

[@normangeuder7806]

I really felt like I was the conductor of this train! Also, the Purple line video is notable. I imagine that these are instructional videos for motor-persons?? Our system is intricate and encompasses much of the city. If a train stalls though, it can gum up the whole works, at least on two lines? Thank You for this!

[@BNforever2009]

Wow, I didn't know Randolph/Wabash station and the Madison/Wabash station was torn down!

[@Aceve14]

MTA should do one of its own "Ride the Rails" video series when they're filming RFW videos of each New York City Subway Line, the Staten Island Railway, as well as each line of the Metro North and Long Island Rail Roads.

[@apluto12-z3e]

How come three are no barriers around the tracks ?

[@paulwilbern1166]

Because that third rail don't discriminate!!!☺if you're a true Chicagoan, you know exactly what I'm talking about!😳#&%×+¿😊Goat.

[@MatthewGoss562]

Any plans on updating these videos for 2024 or 2025?

[@denvercolorado-olegmogilev576]

Sad we don't have subway system in Denver... It's make me depressed... Will ride here!

[@karlpiepenburg3157]

I’m curious as to where the old Garfield Park line crossed the “connector” line between the Eisenhower and Lake Street. Was the Garfield Park line located on what is now the Eisenhower right of way, or slightly north?

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

The Garfield Park was in the Eisenhower ROW, but a temporary diversion further west was on the south side

[@kathycampbell6122]

I'd love to find some history and pictures of the old Cicero station, located on the east side of the street.

[@kevinhoward9593]

44:14 Probably take another 3 years for ridership to be that insane again.

[@keelanthejet7082]

These are the best trains in the u.s.

[@NovaVortex193]

I was curious about that massive medieval tower in the background so i looked it up. It used to be part of a massive factory called hawthorne that was known for producing telephone equipment. they went belly up in '83 and now that tower is the only part left, the rest being destroyed and replaced with an ugly strip mall.

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Fun fact: if you get off at central park or kedzie you can get to the Gallagher house

[@spagboi1268]

There a lot of crackheads in their

[@mgk920]

Is there a place where someone can download some of the recorded announcements, the "Doors closing" chime in particular, as cell phone ring tones? Also, if it is technically possible, some great April Fools Day fun would be to swap the 'Doors closing' chime with the New York City MTA Subways' "Stand clear of the closing doors, please" recorded announcements for the day. ☺

[@Robbi496]

If my dad was still alive, he could tell you about wooden cars are coming to the Loop on the old Garfield Park "L" (Marshfield Avenue was the Junction point)

[@ACEssentialSwag]

Just curious, why are the platforms at the stations so much longer than the trains? It looks like you could fit two trains if you wanted.

[@Just-PJ]

ACEssentialSwag pink line only runs four cars. Platforms are made for eight car trains.

[@TCMECH79]

At certain times of the day it runs six car trains. When it was part of the blue line it ran eight car trains all of the time

[@Robbi496]

One more post to bother you with...That bridge you see in the distance when the train turns east onto Lake Street, is the way the Logan Square "L" went before they built the Milwaukee Avenue subway

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

They can't exactly mask the fact that at 22:10 that slight jog is because that used to be a switch point, and the slight downhill descent was because the Logan Square Branch crossed over the Lake Street line, with a transfer point there, before crossing the Milwaukee/PRR tracks and meeting the current Blue Line alignment at Evergreen Junction. www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/images/Paulina/ROW%40Randolph01.jpg www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/images/Paulina/[e-mail] www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/images/Paulina/[e-mail] www.chicago-l.org/stations/images/Lake/laketransfer04.jpg www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/images/Paulina/[e-mail] www.chicago-l.org/trains/gallery/images/6000/cta6000s%40PaulinaJct.jpg www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/images/Paulina/ROW_demo1957.jpg

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

Studying the early history pre-Depression of the CTA, it seems like they made some baffling station locations, routes and configurations, probably because there were multiple transit agencies, often competing against each other. I guess consolidation into one agency simplified the confused planning, but I guess its more because of the emergence of the automobile. I wonder, if this pandemic will cause more changes in public transit, and in the future, when individuals will be able to travel in hermitically-sealed, self-driven seed-pods, as easy to get into as putting on a pair of shoes.

[@Robbi496]

@@michaelbrinkers1145 Well, part of it was because the Metropolitan West side Elevated came into the loop via the old Garfield Park Branch at Marshfield Avenue. The Milwaukee avenue Subway sped up the route from Logan Square considerably. Just a minor correction however, the CTA did not exist until 1947, the original routes and station were laid out by private companies, which were consolidated into the Chicago Rapid Transit Company, which had a continuous history of financial distress. I am amazed at the number of residents of Humboldt P ark who did not realize that they had an "L" Branch which went to North and Lawndale and was abandoned in 1957!

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

@@Robbi496 Thanks, so now I know I wasn't dreaming. I was born and grew up in Chicago during the 50s-early 60s, and my father took me L riding throughout the system. I vaguely remember some tracks that no longer exist, but couldn't convince others this they weren't hallucinations. For example I remember L tracks that went east from the Mdse Mart towards Navy Pier....tracks that went east near the Quincy-Wells station...tracks near the green line's Indiana station that went east towards South Shore...tracks south of Wilson that veered from the L and went street-level along the cemetery wall.....tracks and a deserted station that spanned north-south high over the Lake street El around Ashland (?). And yes, I remember some tracks running on the north side of North Avenue that split off from the Milwaukee Ave tracks.

[@Robbi496]

@@michaelbrinkers1145 Hi! There was a spur that went along Wacker Drive and terminated at the mart. There was also a line that went to Randolph and South Water Street. These were both shuttle runs. the Normal park Rote went to 69th and Normal off the Englewood Branch. the Kenwood Line branched off at Indiana and terminated at 43rd and Lake Park. Also I think the Stockyards Line Branched off of the Indiana Station. you are right about the ground level Terminal at Wilson, which was the original terminal for the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company before they got the right to use the Milwaukee road Evanston Branch to Linden Avenue in Wilmette. The station you mentioned was called Lake street Transfer and allowed Lake street Patrons to transfer to the Logan Square / Humboldt park lines and the Garfield and Douglas Lines without going downtown.

[@kingpinstatus916]

WHOA😲 at 46:17!!! For a split second you think OMG Train crash because the Pink line Train doesn't slow up at all!!!

[@Vednier]

2 Questions - 1) at which point if time was demolished Randolf\Wabash? Or its never was part of this ride? 2) Why some trains is 4 railcars and other is 8? Difference in passenger load between lines?

[@franciscofco]

If I take this Pink line in State/Lake and want to go to Morgan in order to go to the Fulton Market, will the train just go backwards to Clinton and Morgan or does it have to make the full circle (Washington/Wabash, Adams/Wabash, Harold/Washington Library, La Salle/Van Buren, Quincy, Washington/Wells, Clinton and finally Morgan???

[@best_pilot]

GOOD OLD TRAIN RATTLING NOISE ! ! !

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Love going across the maze of Tower 18.

[@JMD422]

this is so awesome!! please do a 2025 edition!!! 🎉🎉

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

23:55 a lady wearing pink is on the pink line how ironic

[@moishglukovsky]

Always fascinated by the grade crossings. Is it the only “subway” with such things?

[@akis3556]

We have 3 other lines with grade crossings (Brown, Purple, and Yellow). But I've also wondered if Chicago has the the only system with grade crossings (other than trams, trolleys, light rail).

[@Solitaryman70]

Very Very nice, the Pink/Line, Polk Street; isn’t that still called the Medical District? I’m giving the CTA credit where credit is due; BUT, I’m still upset about the Conductor’s being ZAPPED. 😢, They were the Straw that Stirred the Drink, they were the CTA. I can only imagine today the pretty ladies taking over that position, OMG 😱 in those uniforms with their sweet pleasant voices 😊. What a Selling Point! I’ll also bet CRIME would diminish significantly as well.

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

28:40 Sigh....most of the newer buildings weren't here when I was a boy, bustling with life. What will this all look like, 50 years from now, when I'll be in the ground being eaten?

[@anonymike8280]

The station a 54th Ave is so long, they must have a people mover. Is it purple? A purple people mover? Hee-haw!

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

42:40 a guy wearing a pink sweater

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Can the blue line go via the pink line via the loop 🔁

[@paulpassage4646]

Thank you for this beautiful video. I watched all the 'colours' several times on and on, because I can't get enough of it. Every thing I see is clear to me, except one thing... On the roofs of some buildings (of a company?) I see 'strange' objects, a kind of 'heavy pots'... I like them but can you please tell me what they represent ? Are they a Chicago thing ? Thank you in advance.

[@poopymcgoof1712]

It might be water towers. I heard that in the earlier days of the cities history a good way to put out fires was to fill those big pots with water , and whenever a fire erupted they'd just pour the water down on or something along those lines.

[@jeffreysantner3717]

Watching these videos after a bowl of Sour OG with the sound off is far out man!!!!!

[@rohant]

30:09 intersection!

[@catazat]

Busiest in the world

[@robertw.previdi5450]

The connection to the Blue is on the right. Your typed info says on the left??

[@ronstux4428]

At 55 minutes, there is a train using the Loomis Ramp. I saw the use of that in the 2014 series. Is this still used for train movements?

[@747ssabuk]

A few 5000-series trains from the Pink line yard go to help relieve congestion on the Blue line during peak hours. They're the odd ones out in a sea of ancient 2600-series trains that still run on the Blue line.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

@@747ssabuk The Blue Line is now half 2600 series and half 3200 series, having swapped some of its fleet with the Orange Line.

[@thetransitfanofchicago1718]

Yeah it's rare to find a 5000-series train on the Blue line I was at Cicero station for like an hour at 4PM when three 8-car sets went by headed east

[@TCMECH79]

The brown, orange and blue lines have yet to incorporate the 5000 series car into service. The 2600 and 3200 series cars have space for luggage

[@SydeLeaderRay]

I wonder why the operator was using the whistle so many times while entering Cicero at the beginning? Is it because someone was too close to the edge of the platform? I don't see anyone that close. Crossing the grade crossing is of course understandable. Edit: Nevermind I see it now! Someone was on the grade crossing tracks ahead.

[@wiiu2472]

16:35 music to my ears

[@cordellellis4585]

Wtf the red line is doing up there in the loop tracks

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

I hear on the news, almost weekly, about some mentally challenged bozos, wandering on the red line subway tracks, causing the CTA to divert the red line operations between Fullerton and Chinatown, to the brown line, elevated tracks. "People are Strange" (The Doors, 1967)

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

During weekends and over night hours the red line occasionally goes via the loop 🔁 to rossavelt upper level via the brown and orange line and only does half of the loop 🔁,the blue line almost never uses the loop 🔁,because there isn’t a connection to lake street subway,so as a result the blue would be split in half and do a full loop 🔁 and return to forest 🌳 park,this happens when the lake street subway is closed,the same if the state street subway is closed,after rossavelt it splits from the orange 🍊 and green lines and returns to the regular route to Dan Ryan

[@jimshorts9089]

Another life time ago- jumped on the "pink Line" at 18Th Street to O'Hare to Shanghai, China....I dream about that trip to this day.

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

55:20 pink or blue line train

[@tadeslok]

What's with sound quality? At different moments sound "clear" and "dirty")

[@litlgrey]

There's just something about an urban grade crossing... New York City eliminated all the ones it had many MANY years ago.

[@89Ayten]

On grade metros service. NYC would never.

[@sonicboy678]

We actually had grade crossings involving current subway lines, though all public grade crossings within the system were eliminated years ago. Certain portions of the system actually _aren't_ grade-separated, but barrier-separated. (The railroads are a different story, though none of those grade crossings are in particularly busy areas.)

[@ismaelquintero394]

I always ride the pink line because os close yo our house

[@MachenLand]

4:50 when you think someone is on a cell phone..

[@robfriedrich2822]

In Germany elevated trains like this counts as tram before the law. How is it in Chicago? Is it a railway or more a tram with independent tracks?

[@frederickschulkind8431]

The word "tram" doesn't really exist in the United States. The name for such a system is "heavy rail". Systems that run on streets and surface and do not have raised platforms are light rail, older names being "trolley" or "streetcar." The terms do not have anything to do with the actual weight of the rails.

[@raysmith1026]

Formerly known as Douglas [B] train

[@PRHILL9696]

Ask them why the el which this city was once so proud of is now being covered up? First in uptown they put those walls on the sides covering it up and changing how it looks and that was a famous stretch shown on Hill Street Blues for years. Now they are doing the same in Lakeview with the new flyover putting those walls up covering up that cool view we have had all these years! And I read they could have done double decker tracks there like New York has which would have looked so cool, but instead they are going with the walls again once again ruining the look! Sad to see something we were once so proud of being covered up. New York beats us again!

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

33:38 And it was at this point, in 1977, where about 8 innocents lost their lives, when the last 2 cars of a northbound train (opposite track), jumped the rails. Railway to Heaven.

[@MrJimheeren]

Is it just me or could the CTA run longer trains them just the six cars they run now. Seems quite busy

[@kitsunefaye1661]

She sounds like our second youngest of our rolling stock, the "R179".

[@17z483]

CTA: August 1, 2009