CTA's Ride the Rails: Red Line to Howard Real-time (2019)

[@wd20purz]

When i'm home alone i just play this video and imagine yourself like a passenger Very nice, thx

[@katherinenorth3948]

having to leave chicago to go back to my hometown during this pandemic was really really hard, but sometimes when i miss the city i watch this and feel so calm💛

[@annapavfan4680]

I also watch these videos to cope with my homesickness. Texas is not it lol.

[@streetplaya23]

considering how chicago been doin lately i dunno.

[@junglemayne4057]

​@@streetplaya23 no deep dish for you

[@streetplaya23]

@@junglemayne4057 dont need it, as long as crime rates are civilized

[@ChristopherMcElligott]

I really like the sleek design of the new CTA subway cars. They look better than the New York City MTA’s R211 gangway cars.

[@whereismarkcam]

I love this. When I was in the Air Force overseas, I loved seeing any reference to Chicago. This was back inn the 80's so we didn't have the innerwebs yet. But I love seeing things like this. Not just from Chicago...but anywhere. Oh, I'm a world traveler now but Chicago is my home.

[@Blueocean800]

What a beautiful ride, on the red line. I like the old buildings that line the tracks. I really enjoy that. Thank you CTA for this wonderful video. Greetings from the Netherlands.👍

[@patrickrichmond9896]

Hey. This is the best move yet I have ever seen in the history of public transportation. It makes it easier for visitors to find their way around the city. In this case, it's the famous "el". I know you have now a ton of stations written up for not having an elevators and are at work trying to make the improvements. For the next Ride the Rails, see if we can get the guy to announce the famous "This is ---" so that way, those who are watching can really get a "narrated" version. We have a lot of transit systems that really should be doing what you are doing. And it's why I subscribed to this channel.

[@729MendicantTide]

*cough* PATH

[@stereoplayers]

This is about one thing that I miss about living in Chicago...(their entire public transit system as a whole, too). I'm from/live in Indianapolis. WAY different story! Just over 100 years ago, Indianapolis had the world's best transit system (street car/interurban; c. 3,000 miles of track--counting surrounding areas outside of Indianapolis). Present-day, it's been proven, doing a ranking from 1 to 100, with 1 being the best, 100 being the worst, Indianapolis is past 100. Why? Indianapolis barely spends anything, if at all, on public transit. Those of us that don't have a car, and have to rely on the bus...it sucks!!!

[@waldolahr9726]

If you guys update this again, i feel like getting to have a speedometer, even a digital one added afterwards would be cool, so we can see how fast you are going

[@westinghouse1963]

I love all of the 55mph Speed SUGGESTIONS on the freeways. No one ever does it. I love also these ride arounds on the Metra and CTA lines. I put them on before bed and fall asleep to it. They play all night long, all the different lines and such. Good times!!

[@BroadwayLTDProductions]

And 55 is a bad suggestion. You will get mowed down if you drive 55 on the expressways in Chicago.

[@Robbi496]

It is hard to believe that the Dan Ryan Extension is 52 years old! I remember when it was brand new back in 1969!

[@elisemuhammad3624]

I really enjoy your videos,it's like I am actually on the el,the view is awesome,thanks!

[@goodnyc]

Excellent update!! Especially the Wilson station!! Looks Great!! Also EXCELLENT updates on ALL the lines too.👍

[@roygoodhand1301]

15:40 "YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD... YES!!!"

[@AVianna0777]

Thank you so much for sharing these videos with us. An opportunity to get to know your daily work a little and also to get to know more of the suburbs of Chicago. Hugs from Brazil!!!

[@Blueocean800]

Thank you CTA for all these beautiful videos. I like to see it every time. I really enjoy it. Greetings from the Netherlands.👍

[@Solitaryman70]

Beacon truck doing some serious trailer trucking through Chicago on the Dan Ryan Expressway at 79TH Street at 4:46.

[@noahder97]

Best ASMR video ever

[@LaneThePlane]

The Dan Ryan sections are really good for visualizing how much of the city that interstate destroyed

[@anmolmehta7116]

Nice ride. Some of the stations though are located nearly next to each other.

[@galeschool]

This is necessary to avoid overcrowding. Bear in mind that this line runs entirely within the Chicago city limits, through areas with very high population density, and the CTA runs eight car trains which can get quite crowded. In the downtown area, the stations are only a couple of blocks apart because hundreds of people might get on or off a train at each station. If the stations were farther apart, practically everyone would have to get off the train at the same station, which would result in dangerous crowding of the platform.

[@bennywang5752]

For those Chicagoans, isn't 38:40 your favorite part of riding the CTA red line? Especially when there's a train at the Armitage station.

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

I used the red line a lot at a child in the 60's, and was always drawn to the view of Graceland Cemetery (between Sheridan and Wilson). When I moved out of Chicago, I studied later about all the famous people interred there, but I also learned that the "clear" field at 50:00 is the "potter field" section, where hundreds of poor, including many unidentified Chicago fire victims of 1871 are buried in unmarked graves. Unknowingly, my childhood friends and I used to sneak into this section to play.

[@janeentumbao8690]

Every time I took the red line and we approached the Armitage brown line, I take a deep breath of relief! Heading downtown though, I sing "I'm going under". 😂

[@madelynsmith8376]

I love all the updated CTA videos .Great picture quality and actually knowing time and date of train run.Please keep them coming.I do miss my hometown Chicago and Rogers Park..❤🌹❤

[@terellfab17]

At night you get to see cars, bikes even semi’s doing 100+ on those expressway platforms

[@jenniferpesquera1783]

I love the highways and cta are the best thing ever.

[@estebanmorales2859]

Did anyone see the green line tracks at 63rd station well after 63rd, there is a track above and that's the green line

[@bennywang5752]

38:40 very clever yet not clever They switched clips just as the camera was adjusting to the sunlight.

[@latinalover2715]

I love it, I can ride the CTA Rapid Transit without leaving my house and freezing in the cold.

[@stereoplayers]

See my reply to payrickrichmond9869, at the top of the comments listing, about how different (horrible) things are for Indianapolis.

[@admidwest]

Enjoyed the ride!

[@jacobisworld9516]

16:58 First Tunnel. 21:44 Subway With

[@Amtran727]

Is Washington going to remain permanently closed? That was also a transfer point and had a tunnel to the Blue line.

[@lbbutant]

what are the divergent tracks at 21:00?

[@BobMocarski]

Those are tracks that lead to the elavated track system through the loop. They are used when the cta reroutes the red line do to construction in the tunnel system or when they used to close the tunnel stations on weekend nights to clean.

[@matthewthomas5856]

Before 1993 the Dan Ryan trains would go through the loop and join the Lake Street Elevated (now Green Line). The current green line south used to dip down into the State Street Subway just south of Roosevelt. In 1993 the red and green lines essentially were switched south of Roosevelt and the current tunnel from Chinatown was built to prevent the bottleneck that would’ve formed had the new red Line used the old portal immediately south of Roosevelt

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

Both the comment above are correct. Whenever some bozo does something stupid in the State Street subway (Red Line), service to/from downtown can continue by diverting the red line trains to the elevated Loop tracks, used by Orange/Pink/Brown/Purple lines....by using these divergent tracks (and at the other end, the Brown line tracks near Armitage). These stupid bozos are not rare....it seems to happen every month, regardless of weather.....some brain chemistry makes them think they can wrestle with a train.

[@seereasonably]

정말 신기하고 재미있습니다 정면으로 찍은 영상을 우연히 보게 되었는데 시간이 될때마다 와서 보도록 하겠습니다 좋은 영상 올려주셔서 감사드립니다

[@theTHwa3tes11]

Didn't knew Chicago Trains are fast

[@Wooburnmusic]

Love these videos, thankyou. 😁👍

[@johndavidsuayan9239]

Miss visiting my family in Chicago and getting on the Red Line with no place in mind. My favorite stops are Addison and State/Lake.

[@arniegreenberg2719]

Is the rail between the main tracks used as a power ground like in the London system? In NYC they use a 3rd rail for power and the wheels on the main rails for the competition of the circuit.

[@junglemayne4057]

| | |↩this one the 3rd rail

[@johnlouisville]

Fun memories of standing on the El train platform in January when it's 12 degrees....

[@JR-Ramsay-IV]

What are the green 2 4 6 8 and 10 markers along the tracks? They look like positioning markers for different length trains but they don't seem to appear where a train would logically stop.

[@ThatcherChannel]

I believe they are for clearance purposes like car 2 4 6 8 has left the intersection at that point

[@professorhineschoice]

Yes, they’re markers for informing the conductor where the train should stop on the platform, based on the number of cars that train has. So 4 would be the stopping point for a 4 car train set for instance.

[@professorhineschoice]

The ones with the combined numbers basically means to my knowledge that regardless of how many train cars they’re to stop at that same point.

[@tech83studio38]

Green marker plates means clear for 2 -4 -6- 8 car trains the Red line operates a maximum of 8 off peak owl service is 4 cars.

[@karlpiepenburg3157]

Is there an unused and never finished subway portal near the Lake station for what was planned to have been a subway for the Lake St L?

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

On the Dearborn subway line (Blue), there is a walled-up tunnel between the Clark-Lake and Grand stations. It is at this point where the route "bends" from its diagonal Milwaukee Ave direction, to its horizontal east-west Lake St direction. This walled-up tunnel was supposedly to emerge into the Lake Street elevated (unconfirmed urban myth?). If you watch the Blue Line video (Forest Pk to O'Hare), you can glimpse it as you leave Clark-Lake.

[@karlpiepenburg3157]

@@michaelbrinkers1145 thanks for the info. It’s been many years since I was aboard a train through the Dearborn Subway, but my memory evidently was correct. Will check out the video

[@theyuha]

30:42 I was up on the bridge over the river saw them pounding came home saw on the news they broke through flooded the Loop

[@bluewaveproductions4017]

23:49 why the transfer track on the left removed?

[@jaywad8876]

1. You are riding a *Red Line* train heading 'northbound' to downtown "Loop" area _thru the _*_State Street_*_ subway_ and Howard. 2. Welcome, passengers aboard the Red Line run #000..... 3. _As you travel _*_straight_*_ in between 'Lafayette Ave' and 'State St' on the Dan Ryan expressway near your destination_ the first stop--next is *87th ♿* . 4. Mainly while traveling in the direction, on your left hand side, doors open at 87th. 5. You have now entered "87th". *_87_*_ & _*_29_*_ - _*_State_*_ buses available_ "please stand clear of the doors while they are closing" 6. The next stop is *79th ♿* . 7. On your left hand side, doors open at 79th. 8. You have now entered "79th". *_79_*_ , _*_8A_*_ - _*_South Halsted_*_ , _*_24_*_ - _*_Wentworth_*_ , _*_29_*_ - _*_State_*_ & _*_75_*_ - _*_74th-75th_*_ buses available_ 9. The next stop is *69th ♿* . *_67_*_ - _*_67th-69th-71st_*_ , _*_29_*_ - _*_State_*_ , _*_30_*_ - _*_South Chicago_*_ , _*_71_*_ - _*_71st/South Shore_*_ & _*_169_*_ - _*_69th/UPS Express_*_ buses and also _*_N5_*_ - _*_South Shore Night Bus_*_ available_ 10. On your left hand side, doors open at 69th. 11. You have now entered "69th". 12. The next stop is *63rd ♿* . *_63_*_ & _*_24_*_ - _*_Wentworth_*_ buses available_ 13. _As you _*_keep_*_ going straight until you make a turn after 'Marquette Rd' going northwest through several viaducts and then turning in between 'Yale and Wentworth Ave' near your destination_ the next stop is *63rd ♿* . 14. On your left hand side, doors open at 63rd. 15. You have now entered "63rd". 16. The next stop is *Garfield ♿* . *_55_*_ , _*_24_*_ - Wentworth* , _*_59_*_ - _*_59th-61st_*_ , _*_174_*_ - _*_Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express_*_ buses available_ 17. On your left hand side, doors open at Garfield. 18. You have now entered "Garfield". 19. The next stop is *47th ♿* . 20. On your left hand side, doors open at 47th. 21. _As you _*_continue_*_ going straight until you make a right going "northeast" between 'Wentworth Ave' and LaSalle St' by your destination_ you have now entered "47th". *_47_*_ , _*_15_*_ - _*_Jeffery Local_*_ , _*_24_*_ - Wentworth* , _*_43_*_ - _*_43rd_*_ & _*_51_*_ - _*_51st_*_ buses available_ 22. The next stop is *Sox-35th ♿* '33rd'. 23. On your left hand side doors open at Sox-35th. 24. You have now entered "Sox-35th". *_35_*_ - _*_31st-35th_*_ , _*_24_*_ - _*_Wentworth_*_ , _*_31_*_ - _*_31st_*_ & _*_39_*_ - _*_Pershing_*_ buses and also _*_Metra 'RI: Rhode Island'_*_ available_ 25. _As you travel straight (after '31st St') and _*_also_*_ go under a tunnel--exiting the 'Dan Ryan expressway' and then leave the tunnel making a _*_short_*_ right turn (going across) finally getting near your destination (going left) across by 'Wentworth' Ave._ the next stop is *Cermak-Chinatown ♿* and 'Archer'. *_21_*_ - _*_Cermak_*_ , _*_24_*_ - Wentworth* & _*_'62'_*_ buses available_ 26. On your left hand side doors open at Cermak-Chinatown. 27. You have now entered "Cermak-Chinatown". 28. _As you travel straight until you finally go through another tunnel going across _*_again_*_ (entering the 'subway') and then turn onto 'State St' near your destination_ the next stop is *Roosevelt ♿* Museum Campus). *_12_*_ , _*_18_*_ - _*_16th-18th_*_ , _*_146_*_ - _*_Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express (on 'Roosevelt Rd')_*_ , _*_29_*_ - _*_State_*_ and _*_62_*_ - _*_Archer (on 'State St')_*_ and also _*_1_*_ - _*_Bronzeville/Union Station_*_ , _*_3_*_ - _*_King Drive_*_ & _*_4_*_ - _*_Cottage Grove_*_ buses _*_(on 'Michigan Ave')_*_ ; _*_Metra 'Roosevelt Rd Station'_*_ (*'ME: Metra Electric'* & _*_'NICTD: Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District'/South Shore Line_*_ approximately three blocks East in Grant Park available_ 29. On your left hand side doors open at Roosevelt. 30. You can switch over-- if you'd prefer to *Green* & *Orange Line* trains at Roosevelt. 31. You have now entered "Roosevelt". 32. Passengers, we "specially" thank you for boarding along with the CTA's *Red Line* ! 33. The next stop is *Harrison* and 'Polk'. 34. On your left hand side doors open at Harrison. 35. You have now entered "Harrison". 36. The next stop is *Jackson ♿* . 37. You can switch--if you'd prefer to *Blue Purple (weekday rush only) Orange Brown* and *Pink Line* trains at Jackson. 38. You have now entered "Jackson". 39. You are riding a _______ train heading 'northbound' to ______ . 40. The next stop is *Monroe* . 41. On your left hand side doors open at Monroe. 42. You have now entered "Monroe". 43. The next stop is *Lake ♿* . 44. On your left hand side doors open at Lake. 45. You can switch--if you'd prefer to *Orange Green Pink Purple (weekday rush only) Brown* & *Blue Line* trains at Lake. 46. You have now entered "Lake". 47. The next stop is Grand/State ( *Grand ♿* ). 48. On your right hand side doors open at Grand/State. 49. You have now entered "Grand/State" 50. The next stop is Chicago/State ( *Chicago ♿* ). 51. On your right hand side doors open at Chicago/State. 52. You have now entered "Chicago/State". 53. _As you travel straight and turn across (after 'Cedar St') 'northwest' and straight again on State St and then turn left onto 'Division St') near your destination_ the next stop is *Clark/Division ♿* and 'LaSalle'. 54. On your left hand side doors open at Clark/Division. 55. You have now entered "Clark/Division". 56. _As you go straight and traveling until you make another turn onto 'Clybourn Ave' and straight and to your nearest destination_ the next stop is *North/Clybourn* . 57. On your right hand side doors open at North/Clybourn. 58. You have now entered "North/Clybourn". 59. _As you go straight and you _*_finally_*_ make another turn again--exiting the tunnel or "subway"--and then you travel straight between 'Sheffield' & 'Wilton' Avenues until you get to your nearest destination_ the next stop is *Fullerton ♿* . 60. On your right hand side doors open at Fullerton. 61. You can switch over--if you'd prefer to *Purple (weekday rush only)* & *Brown Line* trains at Fullerton. 62. You have now entered "Fullerton". 63. The next stop is *Belmont ♿* . 64. On the right hand side doors open at Belmont. 65. You can switch over--if you'd prefer to *Purple (weekday rush only)* & *Brown Line* trains at Belmont. 66. You have now entered "Belmont". 67. The next stop is *Addison ♿* (Wrigley Field - Home of the Chicago Cubs). 68. On your left hand side doors open at Addison. 69. You have now entered "Addison". 70. _As you continue straight until you make a left turn again by 'Irving Park Rd' near your destination_ the next stop is *Sheridan* . 71. On your right hand side doors open at Sheridan. 72. You have now entered "Sheridan". 73. _As you travel and then you make another turn (right) going straight afterwards until you turn across going northwest near your destination (by 'Broadway')_ the next stop is *Wilson ♿* and 'Sunnyside' (Harry Truman College). 74. On your right hand side doors open at Wilson. 75. You can switch over--if you prefer to *Purple Line* trains (weekday rush only) at Wilson. 76. You have now entered "Wilson". 77. _As you travel again across Broadway going northeast and then straight ahead_ the next stop is *Lawrence* . 78. On your left hand side doors open at Lawrence. 79. You have now entered "Lawrence". 80. The next stop is *Argyle* . 81. On your left hand side doors open at Argyle. 82. You have now entered "Argyle". 83. The next stop is *Berwyn* . 84. On your left hand side doors open at Berwyn. 85. You have now entered "Berwyn". 86. The next stop is *Bryn Mawr* . 87. On your left hand side doors open at Bryn Mawr. 88. You have now entered "Bryn Mawr". 89. The next stop is *Thorndale* . 90. On your left hand side doors open at Thorndale. 91. You have now entered "Thorndale". 92. The next stop is *Granville* ♿. 93. On your left hand side doors open at Granville. 94. You have now entered "Granville". 95. _As you go steady until my another turn _*_after 'Sheridan Rd.'_*_ going northwest again_ the next stop is *Loyola* ♿ (Loyola University Chicago). 96. On your left hand side doors open at Loyola. 97. You have now entered "Loyola". 98. _As you still travel until another turn _*_after 'Pratt Blvd'_*_ and moving straight_ the next stop is *Morse* . 99. On your left hand side doors open at Morse. 100. You have now entered "Morse". 101. _As you stay in a straight line until another turn _*_after 'Touhy Ave.'_*_ going northwest (for the final time)_ the next stop is *Jarvis* . 102. On your left hand side doors open at Jarvis. 103. You have now entered "Jarvis". 104. The next and "last" stop--is *Howard* ♿. 105. You can switch over--if you prefer to *Yellow* & *Purple Line trains (weekday rush only)* at Howard. 106. You have now entered "Howard", as farther away on this train as you'll go. 107. Please, all passengers leave the train immediately as you are being told.

[@jarvisblay9025]

Great editing of this video, Do not change anything about it and plus the picture is very clear ...... 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ds1868]

Interesting how this line runs down the middle of the highway. Is this an exception or are there other examples in America?

[@KidGravityBeyond]

I believe L.A. has a line of track on a highway.

[@mic1240]

There are other lines which run down highways in Chicago too. Remember the highways were build starting in 1950s, and neighborhoods ripped out to make way for them in older US cities. When got federal $$, made easy with no right of way issues. This line currently being studied for expansion further south but would not be in highway. The streets which cross over often have bus loads of people who get on. Highway is wide, but people also live right up to it in many places. If this video were few years older, you would have seen miles of high rise housing projects to East (right) which have since been torn down. The red line goes 24/7 and is busiest in system.

[@JacobSiegalKingOfSeagaliaBlack]

Michael S Yeah A Lot Of Other L Trains Blue Line: I-190, I-90, I-94, And I-290 Red Line: I-90 And I-94 Orange Line: I-57 And Metra UP-N: I-90 And I-94 HC: I-55 ME: Lake Shore Drive UP-NW: I-90, I-94, And Us-14

[@Geotpf]

@@KidGravityBeyond Los Angeles has several. A portion of Gold Line runs down the middle of the 210, almost all of the Green Line runs down the middle of the 105, and a portion of the San Bernardino Metrolink (heavy commuter rail) runs down the middle of the 10.

[@dmvnative90skid63]

Yep, WMATA has Orange/Silver line trains operating along I-66 in Virginia....Baltimore has trains running along a small portion along 795.

[@roygoodhand1301]

14:59 Congratulations on winning the American League Central to the White Sox. Think you guys have another 2005 in you? Man, that was a special season for you guys. Too bad we couldn't quite duplicate your success in 2006... We need to get something going like that again, like Cleveland did in the mid-90s or we here in Detroit had from 2011 to 2014, then KC and Cleveland carried the next few years (2010s were pretty dang good for the American League Central, I'd say, with what, four World Series appearances In a span of five years? If not for Boston in the 2013 ALCS, it would've been five consecutive World Series appearances for the American League Central... that was BY FAR our Division's best stretch! Let's get back to that success!) Anyway, bet you guys were surprised by how vastly improved the Tigers were this year, huh? Maybe we can get things going again.

[@keyshawnscott12]

unfortunately it wasn't our year and it doesn't look like it will be this year either but some day we will win it all again ⚪⚫🏆

[@metrabnsf847]

dude just hoisting up a garbage can to the roof at 48:11

[@Acela2163]

Good Catch

[@ZazzelTheGamer]

The engineer must of been wondering wtf

[@erikkrauss8481]

Why did the builders make the red line half express and then switch it to local past belmont

[@sonicboy678]

That's what I'd like to know. Not only does it inexplicably create an inconsistency in its service pattern, but as far as I'm concerned, it's not very future-proof. To make matters worse, the track layout north of Howard not only hampers terminal operations but also means that combining Red Line operations with one of the north forks in a way that mitigates conflict with the other would force it toward _Skokie_ instead of the more logical Evanston. Then again, what do I know? I've yet to even step foot in Chicagoland...

[@morewi]

Southern part of the red line didn't exist until the highway was built

[@muzingwenya64]

What's the speed limit of cars in the US? Those cars seem to be flying damn.

[@ZviJ1]

I think it depends on the extent that a given system's tracks can handle a higher speed. For example, the Long Island Railroad tracks (and probably CTA's) have a higher speed limit than NYCTA's subway tracks.

[@muzingwenya64]

@@ZviJ1 Hey there, am referring to cars on the highway

[@Solitaryman70]

@@muzingwenya64 I believe you do what you can afford. 😂

[@jackmorrison7379]

The new Wilson station makes its first video appearance on this site's cab ride series. What's with the strange light/dark oscillation in ambient light and color? Is this because I'm watching on a desk-top and not the latest high tech smart phone or tablet?

[@AmbientMorality]

I think it's the camera trying to adjust to changing light. It appears on all of my devices

[@irtunionport329]

Why are there three stations some what connected to each other what’s the purpose?

[@anmolmehta7116]

That's the way they are built. One next to each other (Three in one). It's probably due to space constraints that they were built the way they are. Possibly also due to lack of funds for the project.

[@galeschool]

This was done to avoid overcrowding during rush hours. The platforms were made twice as long as a typical station so southbound trains and northbound trains would not stop opposite each other at the same time, since this could result in hundreds of people suddenly flooding onto the same narrow platform. Because the platforms were built so long, they touch each other and essentially form one six-block long platform.

[@mic1240]

When it was built was longest subway platform in world (May still be?) made easy to build. Beyond train stops, the city has pedestrian tunnels (called the Pedway) which also go to subway platforms, as well as directly into some buildings without having to go outside.

[@42A7C5]

@@mic1240 It is still the longest continuous subway platform in the world. In addition, there is one abandoned station in the tunnel.

[@catlovesGod]

@43:00, L♥ve your CTA coworker!! GO MAN, BOOGIE DOWN!! ♥

[@roygoodhand1301]

46:21 It's been fun, but this is my stop. #ChicagoCubs #Wrigleyville #FriendlyConfines

[@creedencebakken4148]

GO CUBS GO ❤️💙🤍

[@Tomskii5]

I'm confused so at the 28 mark there's 3 stations right after each other?

[@muzingwenya64]

This train has high breaking power. In South Africa, the driver starts breaking about 2 km before stopping 🤣

[@junglemayne4057]

😂

[@jtwoolley]

Is the RPM project still in operation?

[@wmbrown6]

Chicago was lucky they didn't have a Robert Moses in charge of these infrastructure projects. (Moses was the infamous "city planner" in New York who had an absolute antipathy towards all things rapid transit.) I look at videos like these and while I marvel as the sights, I also shake my head over "what could have been." Can one imagine one of the IND lines nestled in-between one of the expressways in NYC? I was to Chicago twice in passing in 2002, the second time riding part of the Blue Line from Clinton to LaSalle and probably Jackson before heading back to take the Greyhound bus headed back to New York. There - as on this Red Line - the Type II track construction ("half ties" embedded in concrete) stood out for me; it was a fixture of track construction of the IND subway in New York in the 1920's and beyond (built long before its 1932 open).

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

The C.T.A. system is a cross between L.I.R.R., P.A.T.H., S.I.R.T., N.Y.C.T.A, N.J. TRANSIT, SEPTA, AND METRO NORTH.

[@Fallingbread_playz]

The video is nice thx

[@jtwoolley]

great

[@paulosimao4660]

Hallo, Ik was volger van dit kanaal en de updates over recente treinreizen. Is het mogelijk om in 2024 nieuwe video's te maken, op alle CTA-metrolijnen?

[@thesteelrodent1796]

video's great but it's absurd how slow these trains are

[@mikelastname1220]

How do they verify that you bought a ticket?

[@janeentumbao8690]

You have to buy a Ventra card or a fare card even before you can get to the trains. In Cleveland Ohio, some people are able sneak on without paying. But if you're caught riding the train or bus without a fare card or the driver of the bus can vouch you paid cash, you'll be arrested and given an expensive ticket.

[@mikelastname1220]

Thank you for that explanation.@@janeentumbao8690

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

28:25 So no one gonna ask about that long station?

[@roygoodhand1301]

15:44 This station should be renamed as the Frank Thomas station because it's on 35th Street, leads to Cominskey Park (the current name sucks!) and 35 for the White Sox was retired in honor of "The Big Hurt", Frank Thomas. Also, you guys were idiots to sue Peter Cetera and company back in '69, because you guy's could've had a massive amount of PR by allowing them to use the name. Not only that, but you guys would be mentioned in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[@keyshawnscott12]

28:46 Monroe to lake

[@mattbonfitto9444]

wtf is dude at 48:12 doing

[@cashshawn]

Sometimes they got to wait for Howard stop to clear before taken off.

[@shinkicker404]

Kind of surprised there are no (sound) barriers between stations and the roadways for the parts with the line down the centre of the expressways for safety reasons. Never mind even just reducing the sound pollution for potential hearing damage but things like rocks, disintegrating rubber or even entire tires could cause potential injury to someone waiting for a train. Might not have happened yet, but I only needs to happen once.

[@BestTboneSteak]

I look at most replayed, and only the SOX/35th is on there, C'mon, Where's My Cubbies At On Addison Street?

[@Solitaryman70]

Different Line, probably the Brown and Green Blue Lines stop there.

[@BestTboneSteak]

@@Solitaryman70 No, this is the right line. I take the red line to Addison every time I get to chicago.

[@northlanderdude]

At Cermak-Chinatown where the line splits... the section that is elevated, where does that go? The trains need better horns than those weak Toot toots. If an operator suddenly needs to use a washroom... are there washrooms close by at the stations?

[@feverspell]

The elevated section you see is the Orange Line, and it goes to Midway Airport.

[@Solitaryman70]

Goes to ENGLEWOOD, use to be the A Train, now called the GREEN-LINE, The B train also runs up there goes to JACKSON PARK. Now called the Brown-line, or Vice-Versa LOL 😆. The A-ENGLEWOOD train is the one high above the DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY AT 63RD OVER THE RED-LINE.

[@junglemayne4057]

9:57 green line, ⬆

[@Solitaryman70]

Use to be called the A TRAIN.

[@arch9enius]

Must've been a sunday .

[@tech83studio38]

ATC 55 board is green.

[@Fallingbread_playz]

When I go on the red line,sometimes it smells unpleasant sometimes it doesn't and there may be banana peels on the floor so becareful where you step or sit!

[@williamlove3087]

This reminds me of New York.

[@sonicboy678]

I consider Chicago to be the Midwest's NYC.

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

Except NYC has better "express" service options, while the CTA has done away with most.....requiring stops at every single loving station......Boo! The only express service, the Purple line, used to be non-stop from the Merchandise Mart downtown, to Howard Street...but little by little, they kept adding stops to it to slow it down. Boo again. And the CTA has nothing on NYC's lines to Rockaway and Coney Island.

[@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!

[@sonicboy678]

As a New Yorker, what the hell are you talking about?

[@dimondcounter3385]

40:09.3

[@WJH777]

Why are Jackson and Monroe so close to eachother? It seems kindve pointless why not just stop at one?

[@ThatcherChannel]

because walking the extra block is no fun in chicago winters I kid I kid for some reason in the late 1800s they thought it was a good idea to build wide open air stations like this is California or something so we never really got beyond that, case in point look at Washington and Wabash station in the loop theres no good reason that 200 million dollar monstrosity couldnt be completely enclosed

[@robertpreston2220]

Center of downtown very busy. Be a mess if they didnt do it this way

[@mic1240]

600K people work downtown in condensed area, so spreads out to have few blocks apart. Used to be far more stops years ago when had AB stops, and many closed stations now

[@elisemuhammad3624]

😊

[@pocki892]

Why is Jackson to Lake just one giant ass Plattform?

[@franciscovillalobos5759]

O wi mwen te premye fwa nan vi yo jan yo yon 🌚 nan yon ranje

[@jonnydanger7181]

Nobody got shot?

[@clandestinedarsehole4558]

sheridan just eatsirving park for breakfast, Irving park gets No stop its sheridan haha. then u look wayyyy further north,m sheridan is parasitic, eating up perfectly great streets. sheridan goes any way it want, mostly south to north but occasionally east to west shortly, then back north to south. in between the lake n buildings, sheridan can be in between many buildings further from the lake..weird street. but the lake is most of sheridans source of power

[@dijikstra8]

Seriously what is wrong with Americans? Why would you put a subway in the middle of a freeway? 😱

[@jackmorrison7379]

Money. The median was there to take, and the CTA would need to go through years of litigation and delays to open neighborhood streets for a tunnel or or condemn private property to build a viaduct. A huge difference in money

[@cat1554]

What's wrong with not having it?

[@dijikstra8]

@@cat1554 Walkability, accessibility, noise. Freeways are not very friendly environments for people. I have never seen anything like this outside of North America, such a waste.

[@dijikstra8]

​@@jackmorrison7379 Most subways nowadays are built deep underground though. Obviously access tunnels are needed, but generally you don't rip out an entire street and build cut and cover like they did in the early 20th century. The CTA has very low ridership considering the size of Chicago, they're obviously doing something wrong. I would never want to stand on a subway platform like this in an ocean of noisy cars zooming by. I would probably actively avoid taking the subway.

[@cataginandtonic]

I ride it all the time. Its fine.

[@joeydonaldson9078]

The snobbish semicircle early blot because risk basically trade beneath a merciful bone. boundless, necessary bear

[@enotra]

Bartender... I'll have what he's having.

[@Solitaryman70]

Yikes 😳

[@Ell-J]

As a Yankees fan,I see the Cubs,and White Sox share the red line interesting because the Yankees (4-Train),and the Mets (7-Train) don't share a line.