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Posted by BMT Standard on Thu Jul 10 13:31:05 2008 I know that New Yorkers, who are not accustomed to being able to take the Subway all the way to the airport terminal, might not think that this is a big deal, but here in the Windy City, with 'L' service to both airports, it is.The CTA Blue Line is not running to O'Hare for several weeks to allow for track repairs. Quote from a Chicago Tribnue article: Many travelers learned the hard way Wednesday that CTA trains to O'Hare wouldn't get them all the way to the airport. It was sort of like buying an airline ticket to Honolulu and being asked by flight attendants to swim the last mile to Waikiki Beach. |
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Posted by P.Opus on Thu Jul 10 14:12:59 2008, in response to Blue Line to O'Hare Blues, posted by BMT Standard on Thu Jul 10 13:31:05 2008. That bit some people who went to Mark W.'s fan trip back in April.... They were running trains from O'Hare to Rosemont, and shuttle buses between Rosemont and Jefferson Park. Why they couldn't run buses all the way to the airport and dismiss the one stop shuttle train (which, by the way, they were not announcing at O'Hare until the train departed). |
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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 10 14:24:04 2008, in response to Re: Blue Line to O'Hare Blues, posted by P.Opus on Thu Jul 10 14:12:59 2008. Even though it was only service between two stops....Rosemont and O Hare, it avoided severe traffic backups that often clog the expressway ramps leading to O Hare. Now they are at the stage where those traffic backups can't be avoided.David Harrison |
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Posted by P.Opus on Thu Jul 10 14:33:41 2008, in response to Re: Blue Line to O'Hare Blues, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Thu Jul 10 14:24:04 2008. Eh ok I'll buy that but this was around 11:30 at night. The airport was pretty deserted by then. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Jul 10 15:59:11 2008, in response to Blue Line to O'Hare Blues, posted by BMT Standard on Thu Jul 10 13:31:05 2008. ecstatic that I missed that. The walking pace in that stretch was bad enough. (was there 1 July after CSS&SB 100th b'day in SB) |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Jul 10 16:02:04 2008, in response to Re: Blue Line to O'Hare Blues, posted by P.Opus on Thu Jul 10 14:33:41 2008. Eh ok I'll buy that but this was around 11:30 at night. The airport was pretty deserted by then.Running different bustitution services at different times of the day would be confusing and more complex to schedule. The longer route would also require more buses and bus operators, which probably aren't readily available. |
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