Rail Pick Fall 2025

[Bus1883]

19 minutes ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

4 car trains aren’t happening anymore, they cut back on that for the foreseeable future. All lines remain the same. 

If u scroll all the way up, there’s a picture about the 4 car schedules @renardo870posted. It went effective today.

[Policeman]

27 minutes ago, Bus1883 said:

If u scroll all the way up, there’s a picture about the 4 car schedules @renardo870posted. It went effective today.

If you saw the other messages, you would know that it did NOT happen.

[Bus1883]

1 hour ago, Policeman said:

If you saw the other messages, you would know that it did NOT happen.

Well let’s see what happens down the wire following the point of this topic being created.  @Mr.NewFlyer1279’s comment made me scroll up knowing I wasn’t tripping as I read everything accurately. If u read the flyer it stated “EFFECTIVE Sunday, 11/2/25”

[Sam92]

7 hours ago, Policeman said:

If you saw the other messages, you would know that it did NOT happen.

 

6 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

Well let’s see what happens down the wire following the point of this topic being created.  @Mr.NewFlyer1279’s comment made me scroll up knowing I wasn’t tripping as I read everything accurately. If u read the flyer it stated “EFFECTIVE Sunday, 11/2/25”

 

8 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

If u scroll all the way up, there’s a picture about the 4 car schedules @renardo870posted. It went effective today.

 

8 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

4 car trains aren’t happening anymore, they cut back on that for the foreseeable future. All lines remain the same. 

If you both read close enough clearly @Mr.NewFlyer1279knows something we don't with him saying the plans to cut cars are CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING. 

[artthouwill]

2 hours ago, Sam92 said:

 

 

 

If you both read close enough clearly @Mr.NewFlyer1279knows something we don't with him saying the plans to cut cars are CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING. 

We are entering the Holiday season when I the past CTA has lengthened trains.  It would make sense to postpone actually cutting cars ( at least during the day and evening hours) until after the New Year. 

[scotthilly]

Always hoped they'd go shorter as I always thought it just looked cool. With that said, might be packed trains if they shorten them noticeably but then also don't increase frequency. I wonder if this would be in conjunction with maybe 10% more service. 

Though as someone pointed out it's been postponed.. maybe not the the case. We'll see! I do feel 4 cars is safer for people. 

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, scotthilly said:

Always hoped they'd go shorter as I always thought it just looked cool. With that said, might be packed trains if they shorten them noticeably but then also don't increase frequency. I wonder if this would be in conjunction with maybe 10% more service. 

Though as someone pointed out it's been postponed.. maybe not the the case. We'll see! I do feel 4 cars is safer for people. 

In that it is now questionable, it was only supposed to be for off peak hours. The intention wasn't to run max capacity cars during rush hour, nor affect frequency.

Your second paragraph may be more to the point, as it is probably safr not to spread sparese riders among 8 cars at 2:00 a.m.

BTW, someone noted that there were not any schedule alerts, and the schedule brochures for the L are the prior ones. So the pick may be wholly internal.

[wayfaringrob]

New schedules are now up for every line but Yellow. I have Blue, Pink, and Red timetables from April, and from these, I am indeed only seeing minor adjustments to departure or arrival times, and most Blue runs are lengthened by a minute (-1 between FP and Cicero; +2 between Jefferson Park and O’Hare).

Other line-specific tweaks:

Blue

• Weekdays: the two afternoon Jefferson Park short turns moved approx. 15-20 mins later
• Weekday late nights: 10 minutes headways from the terminal only go until 12a (previously 2a)
• Sunday: UIC short turns start and end about a half hour later.

Red (comparing to April; I don't have the updated July timetable from RPM opening)

• Weekday late nights: 7.5 minute headways from the terminal until 12a (previously switched to 10 minute at 11p)

Pink

• Weekdays: 1 additional AM train departing from the terminal in the 6:00 hour

There are likely similar tweaks across the other lines except Yellow.