CTA's Ride the Rails: Orange Line Real-time (2019) v1.1

Great stuff. I'm a big rail fan, but seeing the Chicago area on the ride is extra fun!

Wow as you pass Roosevelt ave its amazing how the buildings hug the railroad tracks and how the rocks are colored orange to symbolize the orange line

Haven't ridden the Orange Line in 22 years since I moved to Arizona. WOW! Where did the time go? Thanks for posting this video. Brings back good memories.

Can you pay cash for a ticket? Does the parking at Midway take cash?

The signal couldn't be cleared until the preceding train left enough room behind it. (The 'station' we're sitting in is no longer a passenger stop.)

more Dunkin Donuts downtown than the stations/stops..

Beautiful I Love the L train CTA and Chicago 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

I used to ride the trains for the thrill of it and listening to my music was awesome. This was my favorite line to do that. So fast and smooth, plus I always felt like the train was flying.

The 7000-series from crrc sifang america was almost assigned to this line in september, 2022.

I ride this line to school everyday:)

Best Line to watch

A big thank you to the person who got permission to mount a camera in the front car of a CTA train.

I've always told tourists that if they want to get a good tour of Chicago, just ride the Orange Line. 👍🏾🧡

What's west of 35th and Archer that the train has to go beyond the station there? Looks like nothing.

I love you Chicago!

I love Chicago

I have been riding the cta since my high school days (1960s). Always fun! Buses just as much fun as trains. People watching, city exploring. What's not to like?

Frank lopresti

Did they build new stations???

Back when I lived in the suburbs, I would get nervous at the way the driver was relying on the "beep" for speed. Like in this video, they just kept jamming the throttle until the beep told them to let up. It made me feel like the driver wasn't looking and was just listening for the beeps. I dunno...stupid thing to worry about?

This HIGH SPEED connection must be real fun for the drivers when their daily / weekly schedule says "ORANGE LINE"

Just D R I V E ! !

It doesn't seem/sound so smoothly efficient. Almost like there's energy loss and not enough momentum going on. Perhaps it's a safety feature or how the rails are put together. Not sure.


Thank You for the video. It's relaxing regardless.

Very cool videos.

I miss Chicago.

This is wear all the non mask wearers get on

Do those freight cars between Western and 35th & Archer ever move?

What time of year was this recorded? Judging by the green trees it looks like summer.

I can't help but wonder if the Orange and Brown Lines should be merged into one, with all trains serving either Wells and Van Buren Streets or Wabash Avenue and Lake Street (bumping the Green Line to Wells and Van Buren Streets if this alignment is chosen).

Before anyone asks, no, I'm not familiar with much of anything pertaining to Chicago, and no, I'm not just a capacity hawk. From where I stand, they have certain similarities, could actually help foster some amount of ridership crossing the loop, and already have some amount of through-run trips (admittedly, very few, but they exist). And yes, I do have concerns about what could happen with a long route of the sort.

I wish more subway system would do the same thing that you guys did, taking those great front window video. Thanks CTA!

My line of choice from Midway Airport to downtown Chicago!

Since we can’t travel during Covid, I’m traveling virtually with the CTA. Thanks CTA!

the silent motors on all this work when the trains compared to other lines work

I like the "techiness" of this line, this is what the extension of the Red Line to 130th street will look like I think?

I do find it amusing how the 'Midway' station is the first and last stop ha ha

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