Forest Park Branch Reconstruction

Forest Park Branch Reconstruction - Phase I, Part A

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After 65 years in service, the CTA has finally launched a major rehabilitation project on the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line. The project is currently in Phase I, which includes line-cuts, shuttle busses, and other fun construction challenges.
While scheduling issues prevented this video from being released in time for the travel information presented to have been particularly useful to passengers, this video covers the history of the branch, some of the scope of the project, exact impacts to service and stations, and the travel alternatives that the CTA is providing to passengers.
0:00 - Intro
1:19 - History of the Forest Park Branch
6:00 - Project overview and travel alternatives
11:12 - Detailed look at stations and shuttle stops
16:29 - Outro

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@trainrover 10 ай бұрын

it looks like the median is designed to additionally accommodate express tracks

@Robbi496 10 ай бұрын

When the branch was first proposed, an Electric railroad named the C, A & E was supposed to run on this line, but the C, A & E ceased operation in 1957

@metrodeus 10 ай бұрын

Very concise summary and explanation of what's happening and the progress made so far. Thank you for this!

@ChicagolandTransit 10 ай бұрын

Well done!! Very well put together and explained. Would love to see more videos like this from you.

@electrictractiontrainsandt3063 10 ай бұрын

Very informative video! Awesome!😃👍

@Robbi496 10 ай бұрын

I also understand that there is a plan to build a direct pedway from Union Station to the Clinton Blue Line station. Up to 1953, there was a pedway/ bridge from Union Station to the old Canal Street Station on the Garfield Park 'L' (The Blue Line Predecesor)

@albertcarello619 10 ай бұрын

@Robbu496:The pedway and bridge from Union Station was used until fall of 1957.

@Robbi496 10 ай бұрын

Thanx@@albertcarello619

@SeanMasterPlayzYT 10 ай бұрын

are they gonna rebuild the blue line all the way to forest park bc it’s still slow zones and be rocking recklessly when trying to speed up

@FordTransitandTrains 10 ай бұрын

That is the eventual goal of this project. Right now it's still in phase I, which is only from Clinton to IMD. I briefly discuss future project phases near the end of the video.

@albertcarello619 10 ай бұрын

There should definitely be a way to reroute the Blue Line Trains onto the Pink Line by building a ramp on the west side of the L structure and on up to the L. It shouldn't take long to build a ramp on the west side of the structure for the Pink Line which should have been done in the very beginning.

@Robbi496 10 ай бұрын

Iy was there until this project, sure it will be reinstalled

@albertcarello619 10 ай бұрын

@@Robbi496 I definitely hope so.

@albertcarello619 10 ай бұрын

@@Robbi496 I sure hope so. There should be ramps up to the "PAULINA CONNECTOR" on both sides to reroute Blue Line Trains to the Pink Line in case of emergency re-routings to the Lake Street L.

@trainrover 10 ай бұрын

bendy busses yield the crappiest ride

@nellyrichardsin1590 2 ай бұрын

You forgot the brown line the brown line was rebuilt in late 2000s

@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein 9 ай бұрын

Why waste time rebuilding the congo.... we really need express service to O'hare.

@FordTransitandTrains 9 ай бұрын

Rebuilding the Congress Branch is not a waste of time, it's a necessity! The tracks and infrastructure on the branch are in very poor condition and there are tens of thousands of passengers who rely on this branch for travel every day! Service to O'Hare, although not the greatest it could possibly be, still runs quite well and does provide very good airport connection, as compared to many other cities (thinking of NYC specifically here). At the end of the day, with limited time and resources, the CTA needs to focus on keeping the infrastructure they have in a condition where passengers can use it and have it work well, which is what they're doing with the Forest Park Branch rebuild. An entire branch of the system degrading to a point of almost unitability would be huge. It would be detrimental both to the CTA and to the thousands of west side residents who rely on that service! Ultimately, trips to O'Hare already exist! Making them slightly more convenient is going to get a lower priority than simply maintaining acceptable service across the system as a whole!