Detoured CTA Red Line, Madison to Chicago Ave. (Pt. 2)

[Yestrooper1]

I can remember when this line was detoured before this, in the late 90's I think, because of water getting into the tubes.

[ess60620]

LMAO " the unintentinally hilarious reactions of horrified passengers. "What's the Red Line doing up here?" "It's not running in the subway?" "You mean I have to walk two blocks!?" people act like that all the timeLOL

[sweetk009]

CTA construction sucks, but it has to be done sometime. I heard if we win the olympics we are going to get bigger and better trains which I'm kind of hoping for...

[artistmac]

It would be nice, though, if they performed regular maintenance and didn't defer repairs until there were 15mph slow zones. And all this money they're spending chasing the Olympics could be used for fixing CTA tracks and filling potholes.

[andybowe]

I think a zillion dollors for CTA and Olympics for Chicago would work out nicely Chicago is a one party state with a white Mayor M Daily and Black people who work in cook county who don't go through the hireing process which has got to change Nepitism is bad. Tod stroger should be replaced as cook country president

[dannybOMFG]

wow the CTA drivers say the station when your leaving for it and arriving and say all the connection info stuff. in boston they say it when your leaving if they say it at all

[tangobuddie]

Why did it take so long to leave at 4:30?

[artistmac]

The Red Line doesn't normally run on the elevated tracks downtown; the train operator had to answer questions from confused riders.

This was made worse by the fact that the Clark/Lake station is a major transfer point. You'll hear her say repeatedly "this is a Red Line train". That's why.

[DaFaceManXXX]

Why is the Red Lines not traveling underground instead of use elevated tracks of Brown and Purple lines trains on the weekends?

[artistmac]

The CTA's been working on the tracks, signals and wiring in the State Street subway nights and weekends for nearly two years now. During those times, Red Line trains use the Orange, Green and Brown Line elevated tracks through the Loop downtown.

I feel sorry for the tourists, especially the ones who take the under-reconstruction Blue Line from O'Hare to downtown and suddenly discover they have to switch from the train to a shuttle bus to continue their trip.

[toesinthesand]

when i lived in lincoln park, i used to take the brown line train to/from work downtown every day. the best part was always going over the river...it just doesn't get any better than that!

[railfan17]

Do you have CTA brown line?

[artistmac]

See my video, "Red and Brown Line Action", shot on the now-demolished overpass at the Belmont station last April (on the same day as this one, actually), and where I was busted for filming.

[kes1963]

pardon my ignorance, but are the announcements on the train heard outside the train?

[artistmac]

No, but the train operator's announcements can. So can the train arrival announcements based in each station,"ATTENTION, CUSTOMERS. AN INBOUND TRAIN, FOR THE LOOP, WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY."

Living near the 47th St. Red Line station, I hear those 24 hours a day.

[leocastrochicago]

I don't know way, but I love CTA Trains!

"Doors closing..."

[spike378]

they dont announce stops like that anymore. and trains are twice slower than before thanks to the idiots who managed CTA

[SmookQ103]

I MISS THE EL!

[Babetta9]

I remember one time downtown walking under the platform at night during a 30 beloe Winter and something dripped on my head on the way to the restaurant. It couldn't be melting snow and I looked up and saw a shadowy figure zipping up his pants! LOL spent a while washing my hair from the pee. My date & I laughed...also sharing a bottle with pals on the train during New Years Eve. Good times...thanks man, for the ride down memory lane...

[lilbree1225]

aww i love the EL

[peakeynumber1]

I love this bit of railway, but I'm sure it sucks big time when things go wrong (different for us tourists) - thanks for the movie!