renardo870 Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 Good day, good people. I was just wondering if rail service will be restored close to or at pre Covid levels? Will the Pink/Blue Racine to Jeff Park be restored as well as the 5/6 Brownage rountrippers from Midway to Kimball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfaringrob Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 17 hours ago, renardo870 said: Will the Pink/Blue Racine to Jeff Park be restored as well as the 5/6 Brownage rountrippers from Midway to Kimball? - Runs 3xx on the Blue using the 5000 series from 54th have been back for some time. - Tiger runs are rumored to return; exact number seems unclear. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/120452714691417/posts/26967844229525568/) But there were 6 round trips pre-pandemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted November 1 Author Report Share Posted November 1 (edited) On 10/3/2024 at 8:42 AM, wayfaringrob said: - Runs 3xx on the Blue using the 5000 series from 54th have been back for some time. - Tiger runs are rumored to return; exact number seems unclear. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/120452714691417/posts/26967844229525568/) But there were 6 round trips pre-pandemic. One AM and one PM 3XX trip from Racine to Jeff Park and back to Racine. *Blue Line Owl Service will run every 20 minutes between 0100 and 0300 from Forest Park and O'Hare* *Brownage weekday trips will return with 4 AM Tiger Runs from Midway to Kimball and back. *Purple Line Express Trips Mon- Fri AM 0502 - 0910 (No 0925 Loop Trip) PM 1408 - 1818 (No 1825 Loop Trip). Local trips 10-15 minutes throughout the day between Howard and Linden. *Per TranSee App Eff 11/3/24 Edited November 3 by renardo870 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 Looks like this is the service change to get back to pre-pandemic service levels. Will be interesting to see if this rolls out smoothly or not - CTA's initial resistance to cutting service led to uneven headways when runs could not be staffed. Good to see that Blue Line Owl service is actually coming back better than before the pandemic. Here's the other changes I was able to gather - service levels are going up pretty much across the board. Red: 7-8 min weekday evening (down from 10), 6-10 mins Saturdays (down from 10-12), 7-10 mins Sundays (down from 10-12). Blue O'Hare: 4 min peak (down from 5), 6 min midday/evening/Saturday (down from 7-8), 6 min Sundays (down from 10), 7-8 min night (down from 10). Blue Forest Park: 4-8 min peak (down from 5-10), 12 midday/evening/Saturday (down from 15), 12 min Sundays (down from 20), 15 min night (down from 20). Green: 7-8 min peak (down from 10), 10 min midday/evening/Sat/Sun (down from 12), 12 min night (down from 15). Orange: 7-8 min peak (down from 8-10), 9-10 min midday (down from 12), 10 min Sat/Sun (down from 12). Brown: 7-8 min midday/evening (down from 8-10), 10 min night (down from 12), 8-9 min Saturday (down from 12), 10 min Sunday (down from 15). Pink: 8-9 min peak (down from 10), 10 min midday/evening/Saturday/Sunday (down from 12), 12-15 min night (down from 15-20). Purple: 10 min midday/evening (down from 12), 15 min night (down from 15-20), 12 min Sat/Sun (down from 15). Purple Express: 6-10 min peak (down from 7-15). Yellow: 12 min peak (down from 15), 15 min off peak (down from 20). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 There used to be two trains in each rush period operating from 54th Yard between Racine and Jefferson Park. Now it's just one. Based on the changes I would guess it's going to be a good while before we see anymore 2600s retiring ( at least until more 7000s are introduced into service and deliveries are consistent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfaringrob Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 It looks like they are also going to short turn some standard blue line runs at Jefferson Park under the new schedule (e.g. not the 5000s). Two morning trips are listed from UIC to Jefferson Park and back to FP (as opposed to Racine, which is still listed for one run each rush). Here's an example date of next Friday: https://transsee.ca/routesched?a=ctal&r=Blue&date=2024-11-08&ok=OK Also - is it me, or is there normally a press release & new (official) schedules out at this point prior to a new pick? If it were my agency, I wouldn't waste this opportunity to drum up excitement for the 'return' to 2019 service that starts tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 5 minutes ago, wayfaringrob said: It looks like they are also going to short turn some standard blue line runs at Jefferson Park under the new schedule (e.g. not the 5000s). Two morning trips are listed from UIC to Jefferson Park and back (as opposed to Racine, which is still listed for one run each rush). Here's an example date of next Friday: https://transsee.ca/routesched?a=ctal&r=Blue&date=2024-11-08&ok=OK Also - is it me, or is there normally a press release & new (official) schedules out at this point prior to a new pick? If it were my agency, I wouldn't waste this opportunity to drum up excitement for the 'return' to 2019 service that starts tomorrow. Nobody has yet said what is the effective date of the new schedules. Any press release would be 3 or 4 days before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfaringrob Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 4 minutes ago, Busjack said: Nobody has yet said what is the effective date of the new schedules. Any press release would be 3 or 4 days before that. Effective date is November 3. It's in the GTFS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfaringrob Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 I was able to locate the official schedules with the effective date (November 3) by modifying the URL of an old advance timetable. Here's the blue, should be modifiable by changing the slug to whatever color line. https://www.transitchicago.com/downloads/misc/advance_timetables/202411/rail-tt_blue.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 On 11/2/2024 at 3:41 PM, wayfaringrob said: I was able to locate the official schedules with the effective date (November 3) by modifying the URL of an old advance timetable. Here's the blue, should be modifiable by changing the slug to whatever color line. https://www.transitchicago.com/downloads/misc/advance_timetables/202411/rail-tt_blue.pdf Wherever you got that (you said where), it isn't publicly posted, nor is there an Upcoming Alert, so I don't think it goes into effect tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 1 hour ago, wayfaringrob said: It looks like they are also going to short turn some standard blue line runs at Jefferson Park under the new schedule (e.g. not the 5000s). Two morning trips are listed from UIC to Jefferson Park and back to FP (as opposed to Racine, which is still listed for one run each rush). Here's an example date of next Friday: https://transsee.ca/routesched?a=ctal&r=Blue&date=2024-11-08&ok=OK Also - is it me, or is there normally a press release & new (official) schedules out at this point prior to a new pick? If it were my agency, I wouldn't waste this opportunity to drum up excitement for the 'return' to 2019 service that starts tomorrow. There used to be press releases especially in the huberman era. Now they just put advanced schedules up a week prior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 There's been a few times recently where the schedules don't get posted until after the start date and they don't bother with an advanced timetables page. It's not transparent at all (basically every other transit agency in the country has figured out how to communicate service changes) and causes confusion. In any case, as the schedule is loaded into the GTFS it will feed the train tracker and other apps tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 13 hours ago, Busjack said: Wherever you got that (you said where), it isn't publicly posted, nor is there an Upcoming Alert, so I don't think it goes into effect tomorrow. Pick's in effect right now. 4AM was the effect time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 13 hours ago, wayfaringrob said: I was able to locate the official schedules with the effective date (November 3) by modifying the URL of an old advance timetable. Here's the blue, should be modifiable by changing the slug to whatever color line. https://www.transitchicago.com/downloads/misc/advance_timetables/202411/rail-tt_blue.pdf Blue Line will have a whopping 50 runs out of O'Hare and 30 runs out of Forest Park. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 Shout out to transitChicago.com for the (non)updates 🥳 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted November 3 Author Report Share Posted November 3 10 hours ago, garmon757 said: Blue Line will have a whopping 50 runs out of O'Hare and 30 runs out of Forest Park. I hear that Red (Howard) has 43 runs, Purple has 24 runs and Yellow has 7 runs. How many runs does 95th have? I'm assuming it would be 35-40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted November 3 Author Report Share Posted November 3 31 minutes ago, Sam92 said: Shout out to transitChicago.com for the (non)updates 🥳 Totally tardy with the press release and the updated Schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 2 hours ago, renardo870 said: Totally tardy with the press release and the updated Schedule. Yeah, they fooled me. One would have thought that the purpose of a public utility was to serve the public, but, as usual, it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 2 hours ago, renardo870 said: I hear that Red (Howard) has 43 runs, Purple has 24 runs and Yellow has 7 runs. How many runs does 95th have? I'm assuming it would be 35-40. 95th has 40 runs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted November 4 Author Report Share Posted November 4 2 hours ago, garmon757 said: 95th has 40 runs. How many does the Brown, Green, Orange and Pink have now? I think the Brown went back to its 40-45 runs, Green increased to 25-30 runs on each end, Orange went to 30+ runs and Pink went to 28-32 runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 8 hours ago, renardo870 said: How many does the Brown, Green, Orange and Pink have now? I think the Brown went back to its 40-45 runs, Green increased to 25-30 runs on each end, Orange went to 30+ runs and Pink went to 28-32 runs. Brown - 36 runs Green - 23 runs each terminal Orange - 26 runs Pink - 21 runs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 Bhrett Vickery (WGN) just had that the new schedules are in effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted November 4 Author Report Share Posted November 4 56 minutes ago, Busjack said: Bhrett Vickery (WGN) just had that the new schedules are in effect. The website has a press release about the increased service but the schedules hasn't been updated to reflect the changes...as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 25 minutes ago, renardo870 said: The website has a press release about the increased service but the schedules hasn't been updated to reflect the changes...as of yet. Blue Line is up now Red Line, too. I'm too lazy to check the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson232 Posted November 4 Report Share Posted November 4 All of the new schedules are up now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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