CTA Ride the Rails: Blue Line to O'Hare

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The CTA has more than 224 miles of railroad tracks across Chicago and surrounding suburbs, serving the agency's eight rail lines. In an average weekday, there are about 2,200 train trips making stops at the system's 145 rail stations. For more than 100 years, the 'L' has offered a unique perspective of Chicago.
In the first-ever documentation of its kind, the CTA has created a ride along the length of each rail line. Shot in HD, you can now experience the 'L' like never before from the vantage point of the rail operator. You can even transfer between lines.
Hop aboard, and enjoy the ride.
For route diagram and guide please visit www.transitchicago.com/blueline/
Music by Geomystery ( / geomystery )
Licensed under Creative Common 3.0

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31 июл 2024

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@themuffinman12345 9 лет назад

Thank you so much to the CTA for doing this! It's an awesome way to satisfy public curiosity. I wish more cities would do this.

@rajeevk.pathak771 2 года назад

So vivid, so explicit, so lucid, so passenger-friendly ! Thanks for the upload !

@ellenjo86324 9 лет назад

Thanks for posting these videos of each route. I took this train every day as a teenager 1988-1991, when the line was not yet called the Blue Line, rather the "Congress/Douglas/O'Hare". I lived in Edison Park neighborhood and attended Lane Tech and later UIC. The CTA is amazing-- one of the very best public transportation authorities in the US. Very surreal watching this video and remembering every stop though now many years and many miles away.

@BobMocarski 5 лет назад

The good ole A and B trains

@topvictor34 9 лет назад

Kudos to CTA! I recently visited Chicago from MIA/Fort Lauderdale. Flew into O'Hare and rode the train downtown to Clinton. Very cheap just $3....way cheaper than a cab ride. Convenient. Safe. Clean. Thanks!!

@acajudi100 6 лет назад

Victor Thomas Thank you. 55 years of a bloody genocide here.💩💩💀💀💩💩💀💀😡 Google: Judi Grace StoryCorps.

@BrucexfromxCanada 5 лет назад

@@acajudi100 From Canada: $3.00 is very reasonable. Fropm google maps this appears to be about 20 miles. comparing this with the ride from Ste. Anne de Bellevue (about 20 miles West of downtown Montreal to downtown, the tijming soi more or less comparable.. However the blue line has a lot more stops to do along the way, so that seems very efficient to me!

@terrykendell 5 лет назад

Can you recommend a hotel near an L stop from O’Hare , thanks

@robertcrafton7187 2 года назад

Epic route. Trippy visuals. Good music. CTA, you did alright.

@ZeroNineOverride 6 лет назад

Ok this was like one of my favorite videos on RU-vid now I’m watching all the other ones

@MetroSonic 9 лет назад

This sure brings back memories from 1987-2002. I miss living in my hometown back in the good ol days.

@sdvplatt 7 лет назад

metrosonic Chicago no good no more?

@MetroSonic 7 лет назад

It have gotten rough with high cost of living and crime still at large along with so many lives lost from shooting and gang related violence. I missed the great days I had while my father was still live when I was just a little boy when it was peaceful back in the day.

@VeloxStang 7 лет назад

Chicago used to be far worse when you were there. Check the statistics

@ScottysAir 9 лет назад

Ah, yes! I remember that. I rode on Blue Line from ORD to Clark/Lake station. I visit to see my brother in Chicago for a few days and I enjoy ride on Blue Line and Red Line, too. It's great! It was so much easy for me. I don't have to take on taxi or shuttle anymore. It's very extremely expensive.

@jacobisworld9516 2 года назад

3:46 The Subway. 6:59 The Short Subway. 8:10 Short Tunnel. 9:58 Short Tunnel 2. 10:43 The Subway 3 By Airport.

@ivyrivera8081 5 лет назад

Damen Western & California have breathtaking views of the City 🌃

@michaelweiland575 9 лет назад

At 4:37 you can see the stub for a tunnel that continues west under Lake Street. At one time there were thoughts about having the Lake Street L use the subway too.

@DJ4Kub 9 лет назад

So how far does this go? And do you know where you can find more information about the subject?

@mlweiland 9 лет назад

Chicago By Day There's some information at the wonderful Chicago-L web site, www.chicago-l.org/plans/1939CompSubway.html This site is maintained by L guru (and CTA communications manager) Graham Garfield.

@rictrexell2118 7 лет назад

As a Chicago born and Wisconsin raised man, I had no idea the train system was this massive throughout the windy city area. My sister lives in West Chicago and they wanted to take me on the L back when I was 14, but we went to the top of the Predential (sp?) building instead. Since then I have also been to the Sears/Willis Tower. I'll have to take the train some time. As for this video, the tunnel scenes could be edited as there is really not much to see, and once you have seen twenty feet of tunnel, you have seen enough. Otherwise great video.

@horailfan489 4 года назад

I love the music and time lapse

@ShaferProductions 3 года назад

Music: soundcloud.com/virtualsoundscaperecords/geomystery-panta-rhei Note: The music was extended in the video.

@starbond6 8 лет назад

To Ben: There was very low ridership at those stops, so they cut them. Read about the Kostner station for a laugh, CTA didnt want it because they knew it would be unpopulated, but the residents protested and almost sued so CTA built one...and sure enough, nobody was using it so they cut the station in the 70s...

@jazielreacts3998 3 года назад

Why did they do it ro central?

@horailfan489 3 года назад

I love the music. I also live in the Chicago suburbs too.

@fertblu5514 3 года назад

what kind of music is it?

@gaijinblow 9 лет назад

Oh geez the stuff between the elevated tracks aren't they pretty much like pipes?

@MrKelleyalexander 5 лет назад

I see 2 stub tunnels at 3:46 between UIC-Halsted and Clinton and another set of stub tunnels at 4:37 between Clark/Lake and Grand/Milwaukee, I guess they were supposed to connect to the new subway tunnels: the Loop Subway, the Franklin Subway and the Distributor Subway under Monroe and Michigan Ave. that the CTA proposed back in the 1970s. To this day the new subway tunnels are still an active program, but they still have an undetermined timetable and cost; probably 2040 or 2050 perhaps.

@andyallwood 6 лет назад

The tunnel part of this video reminded me of that game Wipeout, especially with this music too.

@MetraUPWRailfanner 3 года назад

7:56 I spot inbound metra

@geomystery8343 4 года назад

Full album by Geomystery (music in this video): vsrecords.sk/releases/detail/id/VSR004

@alexterry9471 5 лет назад

what line does Mike and Molly live near and the restaurant that they eat in all the time anybody know?

@VirreFriberg 6 лет назад

4:10 Why are all Stations connected from here on?

@RC-pj3zs 4 года назад

THANK YOU CTA FOR LIFELONG USE UNTIL 2013 MY LAST VISIT TO HOMETOWN CHICAGO. BORN NOV 1946 AND IN CHICAGO JAN 1947 - I WAS 2 MONTHS OLD. IN AUG 1947 AT 9 MONTHS I WON A BABY CONTEST OVER 500 BABIES. ALL ARE CUTE BUT I WAS POSED IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT STOOD OUT TO JUDGES. GREAT AUNT CARRIE GILLESPIE HAD ENTERED ME FOR MY PARENTS. CHICAGO MY HOMETOWN AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL MY WORKPLACE. 💓

@jajanothaha628 4 года назад

the reason why is because in the middle of the stations was an abandoned station, which was Washington/State.

@jazielreacts3998 3 года назад

@@jajanothaha628 blue line not red

@flyingspotscanner 9 лет назад

Are the Grade Time (GT) signals at O'Hare station new since the accident, to slow trains down? Or have they been there since the start?

@orcaproductions4090 3 года назад

They use cab signaling

@jeffbridgman 9 лет назад

Dance party on the blue line! Also, so many track workers (O_o)?!

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

There 45 workers in this vid

@Cody-hw3bt 8 лет назад

Montrose is where Interstate 90 and 94 join together on the east side and split up on the west side.

@joshlocks727 5 лет назад

Love cta

@shawnwright1323 2 года назад

Can you make a announcement about a Blue Line train to O'Hare

@realperson896 Месяц назад

why can you walk between Washington and Jackson?

@SteveH-TN 2 года назад

Memories

@silex98 7 лет назад

How far does this line go? It goes on forever. Nice time lapse!

@levithreatt866 7 лет назад

WorldTrains98 Roosevelt😉

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

Logan square , western and clark/lake is my local stop

@andyallwood 5 лет назад

During the tunnel section, I thought I was playing Wipeout!

@nysubwaydude5634 2 года назад

Why are some stations longer then the train BTW hello from New York City

@ericburns3127 9 лет назад

The actual ride takes about 1 hour.

@ivyrivera8081 5 лет назад

Eric Burns yes it does i've rodé from o'hare till oak park. my folks moved to Berwyn.

@Galaxy-ke9mf 5 лет назад

The music reminds me of driving...

@GeraldMcGinley 9 лет назад

How long did this take? (stops and all)

@BobMocarski 5 лет назад

Takes a little over a hour

@furiouslions8756 9 лет назад

The three long mothballed stations at Central especially, Kostner, and California should get a reprieve. With more transit oriented development even more built around California.

@TG4164 6 лет назад

Lol what's with the delays between Damen and Logan Square?

@YourrGeneric 4 года назад

I think of signal clearence

@777_Luver 4 года назад

Puts SEPTA to shame here in philly

@ericbryant6005 2 года назад

Who still ride the cta it is almost the end 2021 it is popular to travel in Chicago transit 🚇 authority transit 🚇 system.

@NClass468 9 лет назад

Why ard there 3 stations connected together?

@mlweiland 9 лет назад

The 3 stations under Dearborn St are very close together, so it's just one continuous platform. The Red Line is similar (and even longer), going from Van Buren St on the south end all the way to Lake St on the north end.

@NYCentralSpotter1070 9 лет назад

mlweiland Except in the Red Line's case, the section for its Washington Street stop has been sealed off so the platform is partially disconnected.

@dmnddog7417 9 лет назад

It was built during WWII as a bomb shelter in case the city was attacked by air strikes. Same with Blue Line (Dearborn St. Subway).

@NClass468 9 лет назад

ok thanks. makes more sense now!!

@kingj-dog1327 9 лет назад

***** the red line train still flies past the former washington station to Lake? Cool Profile Pic, By the way.

@notarotomwithhair5637 Год назад

What is the maximum speed reached by the trains?

@skibbitoiletfan 11 месяцев назад

It’s probably 88

@halfvolley11 8 лет назад

wow the train in Chicago is so fast.

@inactive6443 7 лет назад

it's a timelapse

@halfvolley11 7 лет назад

Aaron Wilson LOL. Funny.

@inactive6443 7 лет назад

+halfvolley11 I live in chicago and I rarely even take public transit

@cat1554 6 лет назад

it really goes about 70 mph

@iliketrains839 8 лет назад

because its a timelapse

@bpfuels 9 лет назад

What happen in 1973 to force the closure of so many stations

@ivyrivera8081 5 лет назад

i was wondering the same thing!

@mynamesjeff.f 4 года назад

I think it was low ridership, new york city had that issue with some of its subway stations as well. Not enough fare can result in station closure.

@mic1240 4 года назад

Used to be AB trains, meaning the stops were an A or B, or AB, and trains went faster bypassing stops to only go to A or B, some pretty close. Westside also lost lots of people (city as a whole did, only about 2.7M in city compared to 3.5M in mid last century)

@waremblem3405 6 лет назад

My name is Wendell. I'm from the Simpsons. The ride made me seasick. Again.

@Dailydonnie191 4 года назад

I write this thing and it was pretty scary cuz we got stuck in the tunnel for Signal clearance

@ismaelquintero394 3 года назад

Hey it means thats a delay

@AnnyWC 9 лет назад

Would like this in real time. It is difficult to see anything in fast motion. Good idea but needs adjustment. Real sounds would be nicer too!

@SUPD100 9 лет назад

Best you can do is set the speed to .5.

@AnnyWC 9 лет назад

Myles Lenaught If there is such a procedure I can't find it. Many can't even get full screen though I have it.

@SUPD100 9 лет назад

Anny W. C. I'm using a laptop, so it may be different from whatever platform you are using. Look for the cogwheel icon. It's that icon you click on when you want to adjust the quality of a video from 240p to a higher resolution. Yeah, well click on that, look for speed, which should be set to normal, and change it to .5. Regarding sound, I muted the video itself and I played some jazz from my iTunes, though I did it for CTA's O'Hare to Forest Park vid instead of this.

@AnnyWC 9 лет назад

Myles Lenaught Definitely not there, but many you tube users have different capabilities. Never was like that before. I have a desktop running windows 7 ultimate of my own design. Didn't like the buy out music either. Try search for CPTM - Linha 9 Esmeralda in you tube for real time ride in St Paul, Brazil.

@yesfandavidb 9 лет назад

Anny W. C. They do have this in real time.

@rareyellowyesofficerpoop2435 7 лет назад

i like Jefferson park

@inactive6443 7 лет назад

what song is this?

@ShaferProductions 7 лет назад

music by geomystery

@inactive6443 7 лет назад

+Kile Shafer I mean what is the title of this song?

@ShaferProductions 7 лет назад

i don't know

@geomystery8343 5 лет назад

Song is PANTA RHEI. Free download here: soundcloud.com/geomystery/panta-rhei

@AMPProf 3 года назад

it's so weird! all ob uh suden you hop onto uhh subway line!

@carloslazaro2124 7 лет назад

why central is closed

@BobMocarski 5 лет назад

Low ridership

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

Yeah

@jonnykong4290 9 лет назад

i once got locked up in a closed train at midnight in ohare

@YourrGeneric 4 года назад

Oof

@lesa520 4 года назад

im in chicago

@makhs8750 5 лет назад

The music is kind of "im reneta bliss and im your freestyle dance teacher" stil good tho

@waremblem3405 6 лет назад

Wouldn't it just be easier to fly to O'Hare from your downtown hotel room? (!)

@jimanianortonified7015 6 лет назад

The New York City MTA needs to do videos like this. NYC subway is much larger. I don't understand why Chicago brags about their elevated structures when NYC has many more of them. Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Queens have many miles of "els" and most of them straddle busy streets unlike most of Chicago's alley "els".

@kilojuliet6889 6 лет назад

Well NYC is a bigger city too

@sirob1193 5 лет назад

Jimania Nortonified Chicago’s L system only has 2 subways in the downtown area. The rest are All elevated connecting every part of the city and meet in the Loop financial district of downtown. Chicago’s L is an architectural marvel built after the great fire for the purpose of rapid transit to neighborhoods previously only accessible by streetcars. The many stations in downtown and the neighborhoods had distinct designs .

@sauceboy_5930 5 лет назад

Written by New Yorkers. Where Chicago Trounces New York: Fixing Mass Transit: www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/nyregion/chicago-l-train-mta-subway.html

@mic1240 5 лет назад

Rob K and much of Chicago L is almost ground level too, including parts of red, brown, pink, blue, purple and all yellow lines.

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

But Chicago has the loop in downtown and nyc doesn't. correct me.

@GothXbox2024 5 лет назад

Did anyone see a Metra Train? I did.

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

Where

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

What time

@declanrawlins2248 8 лет назад

kostner pink line

@fizzedball7078 7 лет назад

Downtown segment trying to give me seizures ffs

@georgenotbusch675 5 лет назад

Its days blue Line To ohare y se going To City

@syanenore 7 лет назад

面白かった Was funny

@Ch7rlene 3 года назад

10:40

@chicagolandrailfan1550 2 года назад

the united crosses over the train tracks

@3506Dodge 7 лет назад

wooden rail ties!

@romeronope7248 5 лет назад

Here all of the stops Harlem Oak park Austin Cicero Pulaski Kedzie-homan Western Illinois medical district Racine UIC-Halsted Clinton Lasalle (metra RI) Jackson (red brown pink purple orange) Monroe Washington (red orange green purple pink brown) Clark/lake (orange green purple pink brown) Grand Chicago Division Damen/north Western/armitage Calofornia/fullerton Logan square Belmont/Kimball Addison Irving pk Montrose Jefferson park (Metra UP-NW) Harlem (again -_-) Cumberland Rosemont O'hare ✈

@realperson896 Месяц назад

why can you walk between Washington and Jackson?