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62H is only after the Orange Line. You might be thinking of Stevenson Express (99, 99M, 162, 164). 62H originally started at Pulaski station, but moved to Midway.

Damn it's been 16 years? 🧓 But the point about the railroad tracks is spot on. I think it had something to do with delays but now they're considering trying again and this time adding 62H to the mix. They tried to cut 62H (or whatever number it was) back when the orange opened think but some politician insisted on service to Midway.

Specifically the 55W would not travel south of 59th so would not cross the BRC tracks. Service would have looped via Austin, 59th, Naragansett from and to 55th.

ABC7: "Work is ramping up on a new CTA train station at State and Lake streets."

Same pair that was late. How bad was the damage

saw that same bus on the #91 earlier and guess what……..SAME SOUND as in the video😂😂

#1913 was out on the 53 saturday.

#7157-7158 were involved in a 10-74 with a pair of #3200’s earlier in the rosemont yard, damage has been reported on the end door of 7158.

Yeah plus Chicago shares the 12 with them during the AM rush. So they basically had to keep enough to handle the 82 being added to the Frequent Network yesterday. Chicago getting more makes sense due to the 53 becoming a part of the Frequent Network and getting the extension to Ford City. 1108 operated on the 53 yesterday as a matter of fact as a first assignment at C. Though NFs running on that route is extremely rare and had been for a few years now long before the count at C dropped to less than 30.

Anyone able to explain the new end cap differences? Checked around from photos and couldn’t tell any differences.

Kedzie did lose #39 Pershing to 77th, no need for extra buses so they offloaded.

So in total here's what has moved, personally nothing too exciting. North Park lost 1560/1561 to 74th along with 8731/8732 and 8853. No buses gained at NP Kedzie lost 1106, 1108-1112 to Chicago and 8450-8451/8506 to 77th. Kedzie also lost 4063-4068 (and maybe 4069) to 103rd, and Kedzie did not get anything in return.

Yikes! IMG_0167.mov

Looks like 1755 is done, farebox has been removed from the bus. 1912 is in the boneyard on LTH confirming its retirement. 1964 and 1970 and 1752 do not have LTH stickers, but they just added one on 2009. 1752 and 2009 still have their fareboxes.

Also, I checked yesterday and bus stop signs along routes 53, 82 & 93 yet to have been replaced with new signs reflecting their new service changes.

This is from 16 years ago. The alderman and the neighborhood at the time were not supportive of the consolidation plan because it reduced coverage. https://www.transitchicago.com/cta-reminds-customers-of-upcoming-service-changes/

5699-5700 and 5707-5708 are currently on the purple line

Alone else saw this ?

#78 Montrose and #72 North Ave had beach shuttles running all day today, and it will be like that everyday until Labor day.

I just looked on ctabustracker.com & it shows 53 Pulaski trips operating to/from Ford City.

1108,1109 are at Chicago

Beach services now done as of this morning based on what's reflected on Bus Tracker. No surprise there since CTA has changed the service over the last couple of years at least to end in August instead of Labor Day and the earlier CPS school starts bringing earlier starts to fall pick. The only remaining summer extra services are the 10, the 130 and midnight service end on the 124 since those are explicitly stated to operate until Labor Day weekend. Not very many of the new updated schedules have been posted yet. Most notably no schedule updates are posted for the following: • the beach service routes reflecting the end of the route extensions to the beach • the four new Frequent Network routes, meaning in the case of the 53 and 82 no reference yet to the extensions to their routing • 53A to show it now starts and ends at the Pulaski Orange Line station instead of 31st/Komensky (also Bus Tracker not yet updated to clip the route at the Orange Line) • 93 to show it now has Sunday service again as of this morning

4067 Kedzie to 103rd currently on the J14

Dang, first buses I've personally photographed in service to be retired (1678 and 1691, both on Route 60). My photo of 1691 was pretty poor, guess I won't be getting a better one.

Given it's been over a year since 103rd got any new Novas, it looks like the answer to that is no. I was going to say it seems odd that K would be losing buses given that the 82 is becoming ok art of the Frequent Network starting tomorrow. But I forgot that it's supposed to lose the 39 to 77th according to the internal garage paperwork shared a few weeks ago.