The CTA should really rebuild a number of the Englewood Branch's stations to relieve the Red Line along this stretch. Including State Street at 55:25, and the Harvard station that was at 57:23. As for the Jackson Park branch, the CTA should really reextend the branch back to where it crossed the Illinois Central so that passengers can interchange with the Metra Electric.
Totally agree. The CTA has no problems building in-fill stations further up the line. The new Damon stop on the Lake Branch is scheduled to open in a few years. But they've really neglected southern end of the line, south of Garfield. Closing Harvard and Wentworth back in 1992 left a 2 mile gap. That's should be considered unacceptable. And as for East 63rd, the line should have never been chopped off at Cottage Grove. It was a short sighted decision made off of a false narrative given by Bishop Brazier and Reverend Finney saying that the elevated line was a blight to the neighborhood. And now Obama's Presidential Center will be opening on 63rd and Stony Island, where the line originally terminated. And the ridership would have increased with more people wanting to get to the Obama Presidential Center from other parts of the city.
@@pomerlain8924 At the very least, they should extend the Jackson Park branch back to Dorchester Avenue, so that passengers can transfer to the Metra Electric at 63rd Street station.
They should reopen Racine/63rd as well. Harvard I would also rebuild. Nothing at Wentworth so I doubt we'll ever see another station there. But maybe State/59th would be a possibility. Dorchester and University on the Jackson park branch.
I loved watching these videos for its speedy services, the stations are in mint condition, it’s an impressive network, tracks and stations can be got there very fast, I may never go to America-Chicago, for now in London UK 🇬🇧.
I miss the Jackson Park/Howard line. The Lake St./ Dan Ryan line. Weird changes to the most traveled train lines. I enjoyed watching the tracks upfront with the 'motormen' as a kid living on the south side of Chicago.
Looking at this video of the south side is depressing. It shows the results of decades of neglect and marginalization. The majority of residents lived in terrible apartments that never got repaired, and the owners lived outside of the area, and in some cases, out of state. A majority of the owners passed the properties down to the children. When the owners children sold the properties, they were in violation of so many building codes, that the new owners simply tore the buildings down, and left the lots vacant.
1. You are riding a Green Line train heading 'east' to downtown "Loop" area and 63rd/Ashland OR 63rd/Cottage Grove ( *Ashland/63rd* OR *Cottage Grove* ) 2. Welcome passengers, aboard Green Line run *???* . 3. The first stop-- next is *Oak Park* . 4. Mainly while traveling in the direction, on the left is where doors will open, at Oak Park. 5. You are now entering "Oak Park". 6. You are riding a Green Line train heading 'east' (to *Ashland/63rd* OR *Cottage Grove* ). 7. The next stop is *Ridgeland* . 8. On the left is where doors will open, at Ridgeland. 9. You are now entering "Ridgeland". 10. The next stop is *Austin* . 11. On the left is where doors will open, at Austin. 12. You are now entering "Austin". 13. The next stop is *Central* ♿. 14. On the left is where doors will open, at Central. 15. You are now entering "Central". 16. The next stop is *Laramie* ♿. 17. On the right is where doors will open, at Laramie. 18. You are now entering "Laramie". 19. The next stop is *Cicero* ♿. 20. On the left is where doors will open, at Cicero. 21. You are now entering "Cicero". 22. The next stop is *Pulaski* ♿. 23. On the right is where doors will open, at Pulaski. 24. You are now entering "Pulaski". 25. The next stop is *Conservatory-Central Park Dr* ♿. 26. On the right is where doors will open, at Conservatory-Central Park Drive. 27. You are now entering "Conservatory-Central Park Drive". 28. The next stop is *Kedzie* ♿. 29. On the right is where doors will open, at Kedzie. 30. You are now entering "Kedzie". 31. The next stop is *California* ♿. 32. On the right is where doors will open at California. 33. You are now entering "California". 34. The next stop is *Ashland* ♿. 35. On the right is where doors will open, at Ashland. 36. You can transfer over over to the *Pink Line* trains, at Ashland. 37. You are now entering "Ashland". 38. The next stop is *Morgan* ♿. 39. On the right is where doors will open, at Morgan. 40. You are now entering "Morgan". 41. The next stop is *Clinton* ♿. 42. On the right is where doors will open, at Clinton. 43. You can transfer over to the *Metra* trains at Clinton. 44. You are now entering "Clinton". 45. We would like to give you passengers a "special thanks" for boarding along the CTA's *Green Line* . 46. _As you enter the downtown "Loop" area_ the next stop will be *Clark/Lake* ♿. 47. On the right is where doors will open at Clark/Lake. 48. You can transfer over to the *Orange Pink* "Purple" (if announced) *Blue* and *Brown Line* trains *City Hall* & the *Thompson Center (if also announced)* at Clark/Lake. 49. You are now entering "Clark/Lake". 50. The next stop is *State/Lake* . 51. On the right is where doors will open, at State/Lake. 52. You can transfer over to the Red Line trains at State/Lake. 53. You are now entering "State/Lake" . 54. The next stop is *Washington/Wabash* ♿. 55. On the right is where doors will open, at Washington/Wabash. 56. You can connect to the *Metra* and *South Shore Line* 'Millennium' station at Washington/Wabash. 57. You are now entering "Washington/Wabash". 58. The next stop is *Adams/Wabash* . 59. On the right is where doors will open, at Adams/Wabash. 60. You can transfer over to the *Orange Pink* "Purple" (if announced) and *Brown Line* trains at Adams/Wabash. 61. You are now entering "Adams/Wabash". 62. _As you leave the downtown "Loop" area and heading 'southbound'_ the next stop will be *Roosevelt* ♿ (Museum Campus, Soldier Field - Home of the Chicago Bears). 63. .......................................on the left is where doors will open, at Roosevelt. 64. You can transfer over to the *Red* and *Orange Line* trains at Roosevelt. 65. You are now entering "Roosevelt". 66. The next stop is *Cermak-McCormick Place* ♿. 67. On the left is where doors will open, at Cermak-McCormick Place. 68. You are now entering "Cermak-McCormick Place". 69. The next stop is *35-Bronzeville-IIT* ♿. 70. On the left is where doors will open, at 35th-Bronzeville-IIT. 71. You are now entering "35th-Bronzeville-IIT". 72. The next stop is *Indiana* ♿. 73. On the right is where doors will open, at Indiana. 74. You are now entering "Indiana". 75. The next stop is *43rd* ♿. 76. On the right is where doors will open, at 43rd. 77. You are now entering "43rd". 78. The next stop is *47th* ♿. 79. On the right is where doors will open, at 47th. 80. You are now entering "47th". 81. The next stop is *51st* ♿. 82. On the right is where doors will open, at 51st. 83. You are now entering "51st". 84. The next stop is *Garfield* ♿🅿️. 85. On the right is where doors will open, at Garfield. 86. You can transfer over to the *Green Line* trains (to *Ashland/63rd* OR *Cottage Grove* ) at Garfield. 87. You are now entering "Garfield". The Ashland/63rd Branch: 1(88). The next stop is *Halsted* ♿. 2(89). On the right is where doors will open, at Halsted. 3(90). You are now entering "Halsted". 4(91). The next and last stop-- is *Ashland/63rd* 🅿️♿. 5(92). You are now entering "63rd/Ashland" (which goes as far as this train takes you). 6(93). Please, "all" passengers leave the train immediately as you are being told. The Cottage Grove Branch: 1(94). The next stop is *King Drive* ♿. 2(95). On the right is where doors will open, at King Drive. 3(96). You are now entering "King Drive". 4(97). The next and last stop-- is *Cottage Grove* ♿. 5(98). You are now entering "63rd/Cottage Grove" (which goes as far as this train takes you). 6(99). Please, "all" passengers leave the train immediately as you are being told.
This line passes through areas that really couldn't support the density, unfortunately. For your below comment - there's not really any reason to transfer, as far as I'm aware. Both lines are essentially downtown to residential connections, so the first point where people would transfer is around Roosevelt (South Loop). The expressway median positioning of the Red Line also would make any work around there quite difficult (expressway closures, etc)
@@AmbientMoralityThanks for your response. I fail to believe The Southside is that heavily populated that it continues to have the need for Two lines that run south. They are in some places less than a mile apart. If you look at Line 1 of the TTC, there is at least five miles of Separation. I think it's time for the CTA to close the Green Line south of Cermak.
@@josephmuglia976 Transit equality in this case is more important than ridership. That cuts off transit access from a lot of neighborhoods that need it, and two universities. There are also legitimate issues with safety (gang issues were cited as a concern) which made even closing a few stations quite contentious.
Thanks for the upload. Please keep them coming, as you are able! A lot has changed since I rode this line on a daily basis, hundreds of times, some 50 + years ago. A number of stations are gone now, 58 th, 59th/Wentworth, 59th/State, Harvard, but part of the Racine station is still there (although closed). I see where the Loomis station was (prior to 1969, before the line was extended to Ashland). Many buildings along the sides are gone. Many recently rebuilt and modernized stations look good. I miss the old 6000 series EL cars that ran from 63 st, through the State Street subway tunnel, then northbound to Howard Street.
George Murphy , yes they have, but I'm not sure how large their collection is. They have made a few special runs in the past few years. There are some uploaded UA-cam videos on these. Also, the Illinois Railway Museum has a number of their rapid transit cars, streetcars, and electric buses. Most are restored and running at the museum on a regular basis. There are videos on UA-cam on these, but if you Google "Illinois Railway Museum" you will get their web site. They have pictures of all of their equipment, from Chicago, as well as other cities. Enjoy!
Man!!!! 63rd Street on the Jackson Park (now Cottage Grove - 63rd) line almost looks like a deserted wasteland!!! I remember the way it was from the mid-50s through the early 80s; 63rd street was teeming with apartment buildings, businesses (from greasy-spoon restaurants to traverns to laundry mats to small stores) and a few pool rooms that flanked both sides of the el tracks all the way to Stony Island. I used to ride my bike down this stretch of 63rd just to hear and watch the el trains roar over this street. It's truly sad how Woodlawn, especially this portion, has just gone down the toilet.
Thank the Democrats - I always do in situations like these, but they don't want to take responsibility for the decay of our greatest cities, nor do they even believe that their policies have ruined Americana as a whole! Sorry to bring politics into this, but facts are facts.
@@georgemurphy2579 "Sorry to bring politics etc." No you're not. This is a train watchers/fans site. Some of us watch these videos to escape the partisan blather and your kind. Go ruin another site. There are plenty of political sites to scream your parrot chatter taken directly from hate radio or Fraud Noise cable. Go peddle your narrative elsewhere. When a "Phillip Grey" with another made up Anglo moniker shows up to cheer the game is up. After all someone in the know might assume you're those Macedonian teenagers on right-wing retainer stoking division or Putin's legions and their tiresome aliases. You risk people thinking that is your game. Is it?
From a pure visual (not pure train fan) impact, this east-running line toward the skyline of Chi-town at dawn is A+. Yes I know the line is a big "U" on the map, so there is no need to tell me. But it's the east running part I like. The clouds, the sun breaking through and the tall buildings of core Chicago. Then you get closer and you notice the more modern glass and steel buildings creating a canyon effect above the train. You notice a river crossing and the bell of a commuter train pulling into an end station below the Green line.
I always wanted to see where the old Lake Dan Ryan line connected with the Howard-Englewood Jackson Park where they rerouted to the Green and Red Lines today. Also wanted to see where the old Jackson Park and Englewood Lines split. These videos are great! When I was a kid in the 60’s, I always wanted to sit in front seat.
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Although this video is about the Green line, I never understood why when they built the Congress Street extension that they never put in a station at Laramie Avenue? When it was the Garfield Park 'L' they had one there?
A lovely ride through south Chicago. However, the south seems to be less developed than the north side of the city with many deteriorating buildings. It is more deserted. I wonder when this area will become developed.
Yes, as I previously commented, the dark skies and few people, give this film about the Green line, an apocalyptic End-of-the-World, "dangerous" feeling...of dread and fear. The west side (Austin) and the south side (Englewood) are the most crime-ridden sections of Chicago....daily shootings, assaults and robberies, made even more horrifying by the ultra-modern, empty train stations that are mockingly built there..., but for whom and why. with so much Death, Hatred, and Depravity nearby?
@@michaelbrinkers1145 It is no wonder that very few people travel to Chicago's South side due to too much crime in the area. When I was visiting Chicago my sister would advise me not to travel by the El to the south side, too stay only in north and Central area. I used to take joy rides on the El. On one such trip however I took a risk and went to Cottage Grove by the Green Line and found the train running empty after leaving Roosevelt and the area after wards start resembling a ghost town. It was indeed eerie. I was glad when I took the train back and left the area.
@@anmolmehta7116 To provide balance to my above warning comment, the south side offers tourists and Chicagoans many amenities....Chinatown, Midway Airport, White Sox Part, Pullman Museum, Museum of Science & Industry, the tomb of racist-politician Stephen A Douglas, and where you were near at Cottage Grove: The campus of the University of Chicago, and Jackson Park (soon-to-come site of the Obama Presidential Library).
I know this is the green line, but watching the other lines especially the blue it seems to me that a lot of them are not handicapped accessible unless I just didn't see the elevator. If I ever visited Chicago many of the stations I wouldn't be able to use because I can't climb stairs for medical reasons.
Accessibility varies across the system. Many of these stations are 100 years old or more. On the Blue line, 2/3 of the elevated stations on the northwest side are inaccessible due to the sheer age of the line. The Kennedy and (especially) Congress branches of the Blue Line were mostly built in the 50s through the 70s, when accessibility was less of a priority. Luckily, almost all Green Line stations (except for Oak Park, Ridgeland, and Austin) are fully accessible.
These videos, mostly filmed in the Summer of 2019, give an excellent view of how things were in Chicago before COVID. For a equally excellent contrast, how about doing an update either this Summer or next Summer (except for the Red Line, where the next video should be after the extension is complete)?
Yep .... still learning after all these years. Love the system, but was never there. NYC system never crosses the city lines, but there is talk of #7 tunneling under the Hudson to NJ
I truly wish MTA would extend the 7 train into Jersey. But I have to wonder why there has never been a consideration of merging the PATH lines and IRT lines in the area of 33rd Street / World Trade centers. I mean, both the MTA and PATH cars are about the same width and length, or at least they "appear" to be. They both have the same standard track gauge and 3rd rail configuration, which also includes power output of 600v DC. But then again, maybe there are some structural and mechanical incompatibilities I'm not aware of that would not make this feasible.
@@TheChicagoL MTA would never go into New Jersey because they are owned by NYCTA. (New York City Transportation Authority). New Jersey is a whole different state and is not in their authority. MTA would never merge with PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) because it is owned partially by New Jersey.
Why the "slow zone(s)" (1:07:02 - 1:08:40) on the Cottage Grove/63rd branch? Is it due to cross tie / guard rail deterioration? Or are the foundations under the column supports starting show signs of "pumping" due to deterioration? Just wonderin' folks.
@@keyshawnscott12 I see your point about being the end of the line. But that was not the case when the line reopened back in 1996; when leaving King Drive eastbound, trains did not move nearly as slow as shown in this video. But while I was responding to your comment, it dawned on me that the speed restriction, especially heading into Cottage Grove is very likely due to what happened on March 24, 2014 at the Blue Line O'hare station when that train overran the bumper and ended up climbing the escalator. Ever since then CTA has imposed stricter restrictive speeds on trains approaching terminal stations.
@CTA Connections Why isn't the 13th St incline mentioned in the captions for "Green Line to Harlem (2019)"...when you're looking _right at it,_ inbound...as it is here, where you're facing away from it, outbound?
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!
I took the red line every day for years in the city. That eerie sound when the train starts to take off still exists today hah... Anyone know if that the brakes or the electric current surging through the wheels??
Where the west and south side lines run, there are many people going to work compared the the north and northwest side lines. That indicates a grave disparity in the workforce. It's no wonder the violence is so astronomical on those sides of town.
I also find it interesting that you have two lines running parallel, but you can't transfer? I would close the Ashland branch, but have the red line branch off into the Ashland branch.
That would be a lot of money. We'd be talking about building an elevated connector to from the median of the Dan Ryan expressway to link to the existing, and very old, elevated structure of the Ashland branch. A similar thing has been done in the Eisenhower expressway on the West Side, but I don't think the CTA is too keen on doing it again. The reason they made the realignment with Green Line back in 93 was because they wanted the Red Line to be strictly North-South.
@@pomerlain8924good point and to be honest, it was politics and money, in a way because no other lines was realigned except for the blue red and green lines
@Steven Wade And I do thank you for that! Nice vidro eork, by the way. I have never been to Chicago, but I have always been fascinated by its transit system. I especially loved the old green and yellow cars that I saw starting to fade out in the early 1980s. They had trolley poles, as well as being equipped for third rail power. My most cherrished moment was watching Steve McQueen in "The Hunter."
@Steven Wade I guess it was a cream colored, or off-white scheme - I always loved watching them during the credits in the 1970s show, "Good Times." About ten years ago, I purchased a four-car set of them from M. T. H. Never out of the box! Thanks, Steve! You're a big help here!
George Murphy , some of them had trolley poles, but most of them did not. These cars were known as the "6000 series" of cars, from their numbering system. They were originally street cars that ran on Chicago streets from 1948, until the last streetcar ran in 1958. There were about 600 of them, and that was quite a financial investment for only about 10 years of use. The CTA then made a very wise investment. They sent virtually all of these retired streetcars to a facility in St. Louis that rebuilt them into rapid transit cars for the "L" and the subways. They used the carriages, motors, controllers, heaters, wheels, seats, lighting, and just about everything that could be salvaged from these retired streetcars, and built these into rapid transit cars for about one third of the price of entirely new ones. And they got about another 37 years out of them before retiring them. The final retirement run of the 6000 series cars is recorded in actual time in four videos, here on UA-cam. The video runs all the way to the last stop.
You've never been to Chicago but you know all about its history, socio-economic issues, neighborhoods, and who to blame and to put your two cents in!! Your comments on the train system are much better, and much more on point, so I end on a positive note. More on the video and the CTA and less on the bane of partisan politics.
The rail in the middle is a derailment safety feature. In the event of a derailment, that rail would (in theory) prevent the train from falling completely away from the track bed. The third rail is mostly on the left of the two running rails, except at stations with island platforms.
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Still in duty, still in service. I love CTA rail lines! :)
So many stations demolished! So many riders disenfranchised, so many lives DESTROYED!! Oh the humanity!!
The CTA should really rebuild a number of the Englewood Branch's stations to relieve the Red Line along this stretch. Including State Street at 55:25, and the Harvard station that was at 57:23.
As for the Jackson Park branch, the CTA should really reextend the branch back to where it crossed the Illinois Central so that passengers can interchange with the Metra Electric.
Totally agree. The CTA has no problems building in-fill stations further up the line. The new Damon stop on the Lake Branch is scheduled to open in a few years. But they've really neglected southern end of the line, south of Garfield. Closing Harvard and Wentworth back in 1992 left a 2 mile gap. That's should be considered unacceptable. And as for East 63rd, the line should have never been chopped off at Cottage Grove. It was a short sighted decision made off of a false narrative given by Bishop Brazier and Reverend Finney saying that the elevated line was a blight to the neighborhood. And now Obama's Presidential Center will be opening on 63rd and Stony Island, where the line originally terminated. And the ridership would have increased with more people wanting to get to the Obama Presidential Center from other parts of the city.
@@pomerlain8924 At the very least, they should extend the Jackson Park branch back to Dorchester Avenue, so that passengers can transfer to the Metra Electric at 63rd Street station.
They should reopen Racine/63rd as well. Harvard I would also rebuild. Nothing at Wentworth so I doubt we'll ever see another station there. But maybe State/59th would be a possibility. Dorchester and University on the Jackson park branch.
@Enmity the Kindhearted Do the people in the North side Neighborhoods and along Lake Street complain about the noise??
@@Robbi496 not really because it is part of the neighborhood and it's convenient for them
I live in New York and watching this kinda makes me want to come to Chicago
Same way I feel watching NY MTA videos. The MTA lines dwarf the CTA. So many train lines by numbers and letters.
Pomerlain89 I know it’s crazy how I know where to go
We have to give it to CTA and the people of Chicago. They keep their trains and their stations clean as hell. Us NYers should be ashamed of ourselves.
@@samuelalexandrovich6330 see a white sox game if you come visit
@@Russ88 cTA safely record isnt good at all compared to nyc
I loved watching these videos for its speedy services, the stations are in mint condition, it’s an impressive network, tracks and stations can be got there very fast, I may never go to America-Chicago, for now in London UK 🇬🇧.
It's a hell of a lot more straightforward than the Tube, that's for sure. Tried looking at maps of your system and OMG what a nightmare...
Luv in it! CHICAGO!
I miss the Jackson Park/Howard line. The Lake St./ Dan Ryan line. Weird changes to the most traveled train lines. I enjoyed watching the tracks upfront with the 'motormen' as a kid living on the south side of Chicago.
Tim Woods , I did that same thing, too. It was fun!
So did I man those were fun times
The is awesome the approach to the skyline looks like New York City Transit's number 7 line.
If you listen closely at Cicero you could hear Metra's horn (9:56)
9:58
Looking at this video of the south side is depressing. It shows the results of decades of neglect and marginalization. The majority of residents lived in terrible apartments that never got repaired, and the owners lived outside of the area, and in some cases, out of state. A majority of the owners passed the properties down to the children. When the owners children sold the properties, they were in violation of so many building codes, that the new owners simply tore the buildings down, and left the lots vacant.
That’s Gary Indiana or idk
Ya that’s gary
Or do you mean the west side? Or the south side of Chicago
The only good stop there is king drive and bronzeville
1. You are riding a Green Line train heading 'east' to downtown "Loop" area and 63rd/Ashland OR 63rd/Cottage Grove ( *Ashland/63rd* OR *Cottage Grove* )
2. Welcome passengers, aboard Green Line run *???* .
3. The first stop-- next is *Oak Park* .
4. Mainly while traveling in the direction, on the left is where doors will open, at Oak Park.
5. You are now entering "Oak Park".
6. You are riding a Green Line train heading 'east' (to *Ashland/63rd* OR *Cottage Grove* ).
7. The next stop is *Ridgeland* .
8. On the left is where doors will open, at Ridgeland.
9. You are now entering "Ridgeland".
10. The next stop is *Austin* .
11. On the left is where doors will open, at Austin.
12. You are now entering "Austin".
13. The next stop is *Central* ♿.
14. On the left is where doors will open, at Central.
15. You are now entering "Central".
16. The next stop is *Laramie* ♿.
17. On the right is where doors will open, at Laramie.
18. You are now entering "Laramie".
19. The next stop is *Cicero* ♿.
20. On the left is where doors will open, at Cicero.
21. You are now entering "Cicero".
22. The next stop is *Pulaski* ♿.
23. On the right is where doors will open, at Pulaski.
24. You are now entering "Pulaski".
25. The next stop is *Conservatory-Central Park Dr* ♿.
26. On the right is where doors will open, at Conservatory-Central Park Drive.
27. You are now entering "Conservatory-Central Park Drive".
28. The next stop is *Kedzie* ♿.
29. On the right is where doors will open, at Kedzie.
30. You are now entering "Kedzie".
31. The next stop is *California* ♿.
32. On the right is where doors will open at California.
33. You are now entering "California".
34. The next stop is *Ashland* ♿.
35. On the right is where doors will open, at Ashland.
36. You can transfer over over to the *Pink Line* trains, at Ashland.
37. You are now entering "Ashland".
38. The next stop is *Morgan* ♿.
39. On the right is where doors will open, at Morgan.
40. You are now entering "Morgan".
41. The next stop is *Clinton* ♿.
42. On the right is where doors will open, at Clinton.
43. You can transfer over to the *Metra* trains at Clinton.
44. You are now entering "Clinton".
45. We would like to give you passengers a "special thanks" for boarding along the CTA's *Green Line* .
46. _As you enter the downtown "Loop" area_ the next stop will be *Clark/Lake* ♿.
47. On the right is where doors will open at Clark/Lake.
48. You can transfer over to the *Orange Pink* "Purple" (if announced) *Blue* and *Brown Line* trains *City Hall* & the *Thompson Center (if also announced)* at Clark/Lake.
49. You are now entering "Clark/Lake".
50. The next stop is *State/Lake* .
51. On the right is where doors will open, at State/Lake.
52. You can transfer over to the Red Line trains at State/Lake.
53. You are now entering "State/Lake" .
54. The next stop is *Washington/Wabash* ♿.
55. On the right is where doors will open, at Washington/Wabash.
56. You can connect to the *Metra* and *South Shore Line* 'Millennium' station at Washington/Wabash.
57. You are now entering "Washington/Wabash".
58. The next stop is *Adams/Wabash* .
59. On the right is where doors will open, at Adams/Wabash.
60. You can transfer over to the *Orange Pink* "Purple" (if announced) and *Brown Line* trains at Adams/Wabash.
61. You are now entering "Adams/Wabash".
62. _As you leave the downtown "Loop" area and heading 'southbound'_ the next stop will be *Roosevelt* ♿ (Museum Campus, Soldier Field - Home of the Chicago Bears).
63. .......................................on the left is where doors will open, at Roosevelt.
64. You can transfer over to the *Red* and *Orange Line* trains at Roosevelt.
65. You are now entering "Roosevelt".
66. The next stop is *Cermak-McCormick Place* ♿.
67. On the left is where doors will open, at Cermak-McCormick Place.
68. You are now entering "Cermak-McCormick Place".
69. The next stop is *35-Bronzeville-IIT* ♿.
70. On the left is where doors will open, at 35th-Bronzeville-IIT.
71. You are now entering "35th-Bronzeville-IIT".
72. The next stop is *Indiana* ♿.
73. On the right is where doors will open, at Indiana.
74. You are now entering "Indiana".
75. The next stop is *43rd* ♿.
76. On the right is where doors will open, at 43rd.
77. You are now entering "43rd".
78. The next stop is *47th* ♿.
79. On the right is where doors will open, at 47th.
80. You are now entering "47th".
81. The next stop is *51st* ♿.
82. On the right is where doors will open, at 51st.
83. You are now entering "51st".
84. The next stop is *Garfield* ♿🅿️.
85. On the right is where doors will open, at Garfield.
86. You can transfer over to the *Green Line* trains (to *Ashland/63rd* OR *Cottage Grove* ) at Garfield.
87. You are now entering "Garfield".
The Ashland/63rd Branch:
1(88). The next stop is *Halsted* ♿.
2(89). On the right is where doors will open, at Halsted.
3(90). You are now entering "Halsted".
4(91). The next and last stop-- is *Ashland/63rd* 🅿️♿.
5(92). You are now entering "63rd/Ashland" (which goes as far as this train takes you).
6(93). Please, "all" passengers leave the train immediately as you are being told.
The Cottage Grove Branch:
1(94). The next stop is *King Drive* ♿.
2(95). On the right is where doors will open, at King Drive.
3(96). You are now entering "King Drive".
4(97). The next and last stop-- is *Cottage Grove* ♿.
5(98). You are now entering "63rd/Cottage Grove" (which goes as far as this train takes you).
6(99). Please, "all" passengers leave the train immediately as you are being told.
Respect
Nice,I enjoyed the ride!
I used to live a couple of blocks from the Cicero station.
Strange not seeing the giant Brach's candy factory looming over the neighborhood anymore.
Right, the old factory that was blown up for filming of The Dark Knight.
Before we moved back to Canada, that was a business account of mine. I didn't know it was gone.
Blame the sugar lobby.
And the mean old lady Brach, who owned the company, disappeared...her body was never found (maybe cut up and little pieces put into the candy.)
I like the view of the sky line at 18:10. Should I visit Chicago one day? :)
Visiting Chicago is a must. You will love it!
Don't go during winter. It gets very cold. Although Michigan Avenue is quite pretty during Christmastime...
eastern Europeans aren't afraid of a little winter ;)
I can't believe they haven't built affordable housing next to the stations. In Toronto, high density residential is built next or close to stations.
This line passes through areas that really couldn't support the density, unfortunately. For your below comment - there's not really any reason to transfer, as far as I'm aware. Both lines are essentially downtown to residential connections, so the first point where people would transfer is around Roosevelt (South Loop). The expressway median positioning of the Red Line also would make any work around there quite difficult (expressway closures, etc)
@@AmbientMoralityThanks for your response. I fail to believe The Southside is that heavily populated that it continues to have the need for Two lines that run south. They are in some places less than a mile apart. If you look at Line 1 of the TTC, there is at least five miles of Separation. I think it's time for the CTA to close the Green Line south of Cermak.
@@josephmuglia976 Transit equality in this case is more important than ridership. That cuts off transit access from a lot of neighborhoods that need it, and two universities. There are also legitimate issues with safety (gang issues were cited as a concern) which made even closing a few stations quite contentious.
@@josephmuglia976 its a ghetto and extremely high crime nobody will live there
Thanks for the upload. Please keep them coming, as you are able! A lot has changed since I rode this line on a daily basis, hundreds of times, some 50 + years ago. A number of stations are gone now, 58 th, 59th/Wentworth, 59th/State, Harvard, but part of the Racine station is still there (although closed). I see where the Loomis station was (prior to 1969, before the line was extended to Ashland). Many buildings along the sides are gone. Many recently rebuilt and modernized stations look good. I miss the old 6000 series EL cars that ran from 63 st, through the State Street subway tunnel, then northbound to Howard Street.
Have they preserved a set for historical purposes and fan trips? I believe that NYC has a transit museum.
George Murphy , yes they have, but I'm not sure how large their collection is. They have made a few special runs in the past few years. There are some uploaded UA-cam videos on these. Also, the Illinois Railway Museum has a number of their rapid transit cars, streetcars, and electric buses. Most are restored and running at the museum on a regular basis. There are videos on UA-cam on these, but if you Google "Illinois Railway Museum" you will get their web site. They have pictures of all of their equipment, from Chicago, as well as other cities. Enjoy!
This is the best channel!
Man!!!! 63rd Street on the Jackson Park (now Cottage Grove - 63rd) line almost looks like a deserted wasteland!!! I remember the way it was from the mid-50s through the early 80s; 63rd street was teeming with apartment buildings, businesses (from greasy-spoon restaurants to traverns to laundry mats to small stores) and a few pool rooms that flanked both sides of the el tracks all the way to Stony Island. I used to ride my bike down this stretch of 63rd just to hear and watch the el trains roar over this street. It's truly sad how Woodlawn, especially this portion, has just gone down the toilet.
Thank the Democrats - I always do in situations like these, but they don't want to take responsibility for the decay of our greatest cities, nor do they even believe that their policies have ruined Americana as a whole!
Sorry to bring politics into this, but facts are facts.
@@georgemurphy2579 - absolutely correct.
@@phillipgrey and, I trust that you know what you're saying because you seem to be a solid citizen. Thanks Phillip!
Beautiful cloud formation...
@@georgemurphy2579 "Sorry to bring politics etc." No you're not. This is a train watchers/fans site. Some of us watch these videos to escape the partisan blather and your kind. Go ruin another site.
There are plenty of political sites to scream your parrot chatter taken directly from hate radio or Fraud Noise cable. Go peddle your narrative elsewhere. When a "Phillip Grey" with another made up Anglo moniker shows up to cheer the game is up. After all someone in the know might assume you're those Macedonian teenagers on right-wing retainer stoking division or Putin's legions and their tiresome aliases. You risk people thinking that is your game. Is it?
From a pure visual (not pure train fan) impact, this east-running line toward the skyline of Chi-town at dawn is A+. Yes I know the line is a big "U" on the map, so there is no need to tell me. But it's the east running part I like. The clouds, the sun breaking through and the tall buildings of core Chicago. Then you get closer and you notice the more modern glass and steel buildings creating a canyon effect above the train. You notice a river crossing and the bell of a commuter train pulling into an end station below the Green line.
I always wanted to see where the old Lake Dan Ryan line connected with the Howard-Englewood Jackson Park where they rerouted to the Green and Red Lines today. Also wanted to see where the old Jackson Park and Englewood Lines split. These videos are great! When I was a kid in the 60’s, I always wanted to sit in front seat.
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Excellent video and very informative.
Although this video is about the Green line, I never understood why when they built the Congress Street extension that they never put in a station at Laramie Avenue? When it was the Garfield Park 'L' they had one there?
A lovely ride through south Chicago. However, the south seems to be less developed than the north side of the city with many deteriorating buildings. It is more deserted. I wonder when this area will become developed.
It's been severely neglected and part of that was political and as well as socioeconomic.
Also crime
Yes, as I previously commented, the dark skies and few people, give this film about the Green line, an apocalyptic End-of-the-World, "dangerous" feeling...of dread and fear. The west side (Austin) and the south side (Englewood) are the most crime-ridden sections of Chicago....daily shootings, assaults and robberies, made even more horrifying by the ultra-modern, empty train stations that are mockingly built there..., but for whom and why. with so much Death, Hatred, and Depravity nearby?
@@michaelbrinkers1145 It is no wonder that very few people travel to Chicago's South side due to too much crime in the area. When I was visiting Chicago my sister would advise me not to travel by the El to the south side, too stay only in north and Central area. I used to take joy rides on the El. On one such trip however I took a risk and went to Cottage Grove by the Green Line and found the train running empty after leaving Roosevelt and the area after wards start resembling a ghost town. It was indeed eerie. I was glad when I took the train back and left the area.
@@anmolmehta7116 To provide balance to my above warning comment, the south side offers tourists and Chicagoans many amenities....Chinatown, Midway Airport, White Sox Part, Pullman Museum, Museum of Science & Industry, the tomb of racist-politician Stephen A Douglas, and where you were near at Cottage Grove: The campus of the University of Chicago, and Jackson Park (soon-to-come site of the Obama Presidential Library).
CTA, can you guys film a new video showing the new Damen station, please?
I seem to recall a middle track on the lake line that was used for express trains
Yea it closed when they did the rehab in 1994-96
57:17 95th bound train on the left
0:23 harlem/lake
2:04 oak park
3:28 ridgeland
4:47 austin
6:05 central
8:16 laramie
9:55 cicero
12:36 pulaski
14:26 conservatory
15:57 kedzie
17:35 california
21:11 ashland
23:00 morgan
24:45 clinton
27:23 clark/lake
29:03 state/lake
30:42 washington/wabash
31:40 adams/wabash
34:24 roosevelt
37:23 cermak-mccormick place
41:28 35th-bronzeville-IIT
45:12 indiana
47:24 43rd
48:50 47th
50:13 51st
51:53 garfield
59:03 halsted
1:02:18 ashland/63rd
1:06:48 king drive
1:09:37 cottage grove
I know this is the green line, but watching the other lines especially the blue it seems to me that a lot of them are not handicapped accessible unless I just didn't see the elevator. If I ever visited Chicago many of the stations I wouldn't be able to use because I can't climb stairs for medical reasons.
Accessibility varies across the system. Many of these stations are 100 years old or more. On the Blue line, 2/3 of the elevated stations on the northwest side are inaccessible due to the sheer age of the line. The Kennedy and (especially) Congress branches of the Blue Line were mostly built in the 50s through the 70s, when accessibility was less of a priority. Luckily, almost all Green Line stations (except for Oak Park, Ridgeland, and Austin) are fully accessible.
These videos, mostly filmed in the Summer of 2019, give an excellent view of how things were in Chicago before COVID.
For a equally excellent contrast, how about doing an update either this Summer or next Summer (except for the Red Line, where the next video should be after the extension is complete)?
1:00:29 Abandoned 63rd and Racine street station
Yep .... still learning after all these years. Love the system, but was never there.
NYC system never crosses the city lines, but there is talk of #7 tunneling under the Hudson to NJ
I truly wish MTA would extend the 7 train into Jersey. But I have to wonder why there has never been a consideration of merging the PATH lines and IRT lines in the area of 33rd Street / World Trade centers. I mean, both the MTA and PATH cars are about the same width and length, or at least they "appear" to be. They both have the same standard track gauge and 3rd rail configuration, which also includes power output of 600v DC. But then again, maybe there are some structural and mechanical incompatibilities I'm not aware of that would not make this feasible.
@@TheChicagoL MTA would never go into New Jersey because they are owned by NYCTA. (New York City Transportation Authority). New Jersey is a whole different state and is not in their authority. MTA would never merge with PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) because it is owned partially by New Jersey.
@@james-jordanbanks64
Thanks for the explantn. That works for me.
Why the "slow zone(s)" (1:07:02 - 1:08:40) on the Cottage Grove/63rd branch? Is it due to cross tie / guard rail deterioration? Or are the foundations under the column supports starting show signs of "pumping" due to deterioration? Just wonderin' folks.
At the end of the line, the driver just gets damn tired. And he's disillusioned because he wanted a better job.
@@michaelbrinkers1145
Good One!
@@TheChicagoL it's the end of the line just like the red line at 95th they enter slow also
@@keyshawnscott12
I see your point about being the end of the line. But that was not the case when the line reopened back in 1996; when leaving King Drive eastbound, trains did not move nearly as slow as shown in this video. But while I was responding to your comment, it dawned on me that the speed restriction, especially heading into Cottage Grove is very likely due to what happened on March 24, 2014 at the Blue Line O'hare station when that train overran the bumper and ended up climbing the escalator. Ever since then CTA has imposed stricter restrictive speeds on trains approaching terminal stations.
@CTA Connections Why isn't the 13th St incline mentioned in the captions for "Green Line to Harlem (2019)"...when you're looking _right at it,_ inbound...as it is here, where you're facing away from it, outbound?
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!
CTA really need to put guard rails on the outside of tracks
no way!
Unless they want another tragic derailment
@@WolfMan-Williams that makes no sense at all
Yes it does. Growing up never really liked riding because of that reason. They only have guard rails when making turns
@@WolfMan-Williams I have been riding for almost 50 years now and other as well and nothing like that happens
1:05:54 is the O Block
It’s amazing how Big Chicago truly is. I thought the Blue Line train was long to Chicago, O’Hare.
City size comparison-ua-cam.com/video/A953a5a8zs0/v-deo.html
King Drive should be renamed to Parkway Gardens-O Block
Who would love a 2024 serie 🤚
Is there a video for the Skokie Swift line?
9:53 P5 horn
I took the red line every day for years in the city. That eerie sound when the train starts to take off still exists today hah... Anyone know if that the brakes or the electric current surging through the wheels??
Where the west and south side lines run, there are many people going to work compared the the north and northwest side lines. That indicates a grave disparity in the workforce. It's no wonder the violence is so astronomical on those sides of town.
I’m still shocked there are more people on the train platforms than on the streets.
any one know what the old station is at 1:00:33?
Racine Station. If you turn on closed captioning you'll get historical information regarding the line occasionally.
get rid of one of the lights its either a full red with white a full green a full red a full yellow or just white
The southern part of Chicago really doesn't look well...
Place looks like a death trap there are no ground stations 🤔🤨
I also find it interesting that you have two lines running parallel, but you can't transfer? I would close the Ashland branch, but have the red line branch off into the Ashland branch.
That would be a lot of money. We'd be talking about building an elevated connector to from the median of the Dan Ryan expressway to link to the existing, and very old, elevated structure of the Ashland branch. A similar thing has been done in the Eisenhower expressway on the West Side, but I don't think the CTA is too keen on doing it again. The reason they made the realignment with Green Line back in 93 was because they wanted the Red Line to be strictly North-South.
@@pomerlain8924good point and to be honest, it was politics and money, in a way because no other lines was realigned except for the blue red and green lines
mmmmm pulaski... next robbed cause i fell asleep on da train
My guess is that the Green is the longest line??
@Steven Wade thanks for that!
Again, it was a guess.
@Steven Wade And I do thank you for that! Nice vidro eork, by the way. I have never been to Chicago, but I have always been fascinated by its transit system. I especially loved the old green and yellow cars that I saw starting to fade out in the early 1980s. They had trolley poles, as well as being equipped for third rail power.
My most cherrished moment was watching Steve McQueen in "The Hunter."
@Steven Wade I guess it was a cream colored, or off-white scheme - I always loved watching them during the credits in the 1970s show, "Good Times."
About ten years ago, I purchased a four-car set of them from M. T. H. Never out of the box! Thanks, Steve! You're a big help here!
George Murphy , some of them had trolley poles, but most of them did not.
These cars were known as the "6000 series" of cars, from their numbering system. They were originally street cars that ran on Chicago streets from 1948, until the last streetcar ran in 1958. There were about 600 of them, and that was quite a financial investment for only about 10 years of use.
The CTA then made a very wise investment. They sent virtually all of these retired streetcars to a facility in St. Louis that rebuilt them into rapid transit cars for the "L" and the subways. They used the carriages, motors, controllers, heaters, wheels, seats, lighting, and just about everything that could be salvaged from these retired streetcars, and built these into rapid transit cars for about one third of the price of entirely new ones. And they got about another 37 years out of them before retiring them.
The final retirement run of the 6000 series cars is recorded in actual time in four videos, here on UA-cam. The video runs all the way to the last stop.
You've never been to Chicago but you know all about its history, socio-economic issues, neighborhoods, and who to blame and to put your two cents in!! Your comments on the train system are much better, and much more on point, so I end on a positive note. More on the video and the CTA and less on the bane of partisan politics.
Can you Please upload a video of the pink line this time with out the time lapse :)
ua-cam.com/video/T1j89_F3eo0/v-deo.html
@@CTAConnections very nice video....great job....thanks!!!!!
Obviously headed in an easterly direction...., which would be towards rhe city itself. IMO
Only the first two stations (Harlem and Oak Park) are outside of the city.
@@Philtration I believe he may be referring to downtown.
Alright!
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ON CTA THE THIRD RAIL IS IN THE MIDDLE🤔
The third rail is on the side, not the middle.
The rail in the middle is a derailment safety feature. In the event of a derailment, that rail would (in theory) prevent the train from falling completely away from the track bed. The third rail is mostly on the left of the two running rails, except at stations with island platforms.
48:22 creepy alley under the track-ua-cam.com/video/9rXUMI44H6U/v-deo.html
1:01:06 train goes fast to Ashland
Why is the south side such a sewer?
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Teddy bear 🐻 and
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