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CTA Orange Line no longer planned to get 5000 series cars? |
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Posted by Pink Jazz on Fri Aug 29 17:47:17 2014 It looks like some 2600-series cars have made their way to the Orange Line as a replacement for its 2400-series cars. I know this replacement was supposed to be an interim replacement until the Red Line and Purple Line are fully equipped with the new 5000-series cars, which then the rest of the cars from the 5000-series order will be assigned to the Orange Line to replace the 2600s, leaving the Blue Line as the only line to operate 2600-series cars and only one of two lines (the other being the Brown Line) not to operate 5000-series cars. However, I have been hearing some rumors that the Orange Line is no longer planned to receive any 5000-series cars, so it looks like the 2600-series being assigned to the Orange Line may actually be a permanent assignment until the 7000-series are delivered.I wonder, if the Orange Line is no longer planned to receive 5000-series cars, what will the extra cars on order be used for? That seems like it would be a lot of spares just to cover the Red Line, Purple Line, Yellow Line, Green Line, and Pink Line, and would definitely be more than enough cars to at least replace the Orange Line's 2600-series cars. |
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