Welcome aboard, today we will travel to 2nd street from 1st street. The stations we will stop at is 1st Street, 1st Avenue, 1st Road, 1st Blvd, before reaching 2nd street. Each station is 10 feet apart and we will be going at a pace slower than a snail, enjoy the ride.
Jonathan Chen when it’s in the loop (downtown area) it goes slower because of density and there’s about 6 different subway lines that branch out from this area. They go slow to not crash or drive off.Once it leaves the city, then the stations space out and it goes really fast through the suburbs.
the stations are close together because this is the "loop" downtown area, more frequent stops here is much more convenient for commuters especially during winter
Many people travel into the "Loop" on a daily basis to work. Considering Chicago's cold winters,it's an added convenience not to have to walk long distances after disembarking from the train to get to your office. I'd say it's a very thoughtful system.
This section is "The Loop". It does make some sense, trains loop through this area as they cycle back and forth between different areas of Chicago. Once they are outside this loop the speed increases considerably. There was some talk of adding a new, underground, loop, but as far as I'm aware planning has stalled.
It should be noted that out of Chicago's 8 metro lines, 2 have their own deticated tunnels through downtown, 1 line only seres 2-3 stops in the northern suburbs, and 1 line only travels downtown through the loop during rush hour and possibly Cubs games.
Yeah, there's 2 subway lines that run in the middle of the Loop under State and Dearborn streets. State/Lake and Library-State/Van Buren Loop L stations are very close to the Lake and Jackson subway stations and serve as transfer points. Clark/Lake is a super-station, opened in 1992, which allows free direct transfers between the Dearborn subway and the Loop L platforms. The station's 2 entrances are also inside 2 buildings, the James R. Thompson Center and 203 N. LaSalle
That’s basically what the loop is, locals with their Ventra Cards will use it go a couple blocks when it’s blistering cold outside. Outside of downtown the trains go 55mph with stations being much farther apart. Also there are two subway lines that go underneath the loop for faster transit
@502 Downtowner With the closure of Madison and Randolph/Wabash stations, and replacement with Washington/Wabash, each side now has 2 stations. A single station would be quite inefficient, as everyone would have to funnel into a single station.
This is the brown line. It is the slowest but I also consider this one a leisure line to take for the best city views. The red line is a different story.
@Mario Of course, you and Rog5446 are right. It is antiquated and noisy and inefficient. Not being a Chicagoan and only an infrequent visitor, I really am not defending the decades old decision not to do anything. Not to mention the thousands of poor souls who live along the El tracks, in some cases close enough to brush the trains as they pass. It is not surpising though. City residents often put up with unpleasantness in public transport. I know that in Philadelphia, where I grew up, the subway/elevated system was old and stillborn for decades. Cheers!
I have lived in Chicago my entire life and take the train everyday. For those of you saying that the train is super slow, it is only like this in the downtown loop area. It can be very congested so the trains have to drive slow so they will not run into each other. Its all about following safety measures. Also, people who go downtown take the train from surrounding neighborhoods so they want to get off a specific stop, that’s why there are so many stations. People don’t take the train just to go two stops. They just walk.
That´s interesting. There´s so much critics about the speed and the stations that are, i suppose historically, very near to each other, Must have bin something like sience fiction anyway to the people, in the times, the elevated train was built.
For those complaining and saying their country’s trains are “better” take a look at the whole map of the CTA train lines, then come back. It’s only slow in the Loop. People come here to transfer between different lines since there’s no other place in the city that all the train lines come together. Once a train leaves the loop, the stations are more separated and the trains travel much faster. Educate yourselves before talking shit, especially if you never even been to Chicago
Wow, closest thing to catching a train in the clouds, I can't get over how close the stations are, it more resembles the Melbourne Aus tram network than our trains - thanks for posting.
Most people don't realize the Chicago transit authority is actually a county wide system. With links to regional and nation wide rail as well via Metra and amtrak
It's still a metro. The Brown Line is 18.35 km long. Some of the other lines are longer. The Loop is unusual, though, because most of the system comes together and the stations are numerous. It was a way of bringing together competing railways in the late 19th century.
Wtf!! Train going slower than molasses. Train station every 100 feet. So many trains. Train intersections over 9000. How do people in Chicago even get to their destinations on time.
It's downtown. It's where most people either begin or end their ride. Why would trains go fast here? Go to the 11:00 mark in the video. See those I-beams running horizontally along the outer curve of the track, like guardrails? Those were installed in 1977, after one train rear-ended another at that curve and knocked four cars to the street below. Eleven people were killed. You don't want speed here.
Laughing Gravy I feel dumb. I just checked out the other lines in the CTA and apparently it's just this particular section. One can really be fooled as I was.
Love the announcements - Almost sounds British - Adds a bit of class to a fascinating rail system. Thanks for posting and greetings from the South Coast of England 🇬🇧
Here no less than 5 separate lines converge and circle the landmark Chicago Loop structure before branching off to different areas of the city, entering and leaving the Loop at different points - a very complicated operation. It is only in this densely populated central business and theater district (less than 1 sq mile) that the trains move slowly with stations close together. Elsewhere in the CTA system average speed between stops is 55 mph (88 kph) with stations .5 to 1 mile apart.
Хорошо, что хоть не похоронили эту систему, нашли решение развязок в центре!!! Чтобы понять, что это за хуета, пришлось досмотреть до конца и прочесть кучу комментариев...
I LOVE Chicago's L trains, so much character, yet so efficient! Yeah, stops are frequent downtown but the density and the number of people working make that necessary, it's similar in Lower Manhattan.
I cannot see how having stations that close together is beneficial at all. Spacing the stations further apart allows for better travel time, and if having them that close together saves you 2 mins of walking, it is costing you 10s of minutes in waiting at all the stations along the route. Density impacts station spacing for sure but there's a limit at which it's so disadvantageous that you should really space them a bit further. Edit: On further reading I see they did indeed close a lot of the bunched up stations, which doesn't surprise me at all.
Efficient?! Motherfuckers can't walk one goddamn block? Here's some math for you: Cart length: approx 120 m. Stop time at one station: approx 20 s. Length between stop. approx 150 meters. Total travel time from stop to stop: Approx 80 seconds Total distance: 270 m Travel Time: 80 seconds Speed: 3.375 m/s Or 11.07 feet/s That is extremely slow.
And that's what people do. You don't ride from station to station in the Loop. These stations are for dropping off commuters coming into the city and picking up others who are going back home.
If you're going from one station to the next, sure. But people don't do that. They ride in on one line, get off somewhere, and then catch the train on the line they need. This Loop area is where you can switch from one line to just about any other.
@@carlvogt6162 42% of the population in France is considered obese, you guys aren't skinny anymore and haven't been for a while. Stones and glass houses.
A very nice video, although it does mislead one to think that trains are slow and stations are closer together. I like the unique character of the L, elevated trains over the street. It is not how it would probably be made today, but it adds a unique charm to the city.
I was born and raised in New York City and I've been on every single train in NYC, but our train system isn't as intricate or serpentine like this in Chicago. I watched this video 3 times, it is so fascinating.
SLIMANE SEBAI this is part of the system called the loop. It is the ends of certain lines, and is at the center of downtown. It is there for people the get on and off or transfer (usually little walking distance needed if you are a pedestrian in the loop). It’s not really for transportation within the loop. But in the loop, stations are near each other, there is a lot of traffic, and the turns are very sharp, so trains run very slowly in the loop. Outside the loop, they can go a lot faster. There’s the red line subway which is underground and bypasses the loop.
A beautiful railway. Amazing how they forced the engineering to fit. In many respects (track geometry, components, station spacing) it's like a multiple-unit tram or LRV in the sky. The apparently short signalling overlaps (between the interlocking home signals and flanking moves), as from around 1:00, are a little bit terrifying though from a mainline signalling perspective. Hopefully they have good ATP/ ATC
The engineering is so bad ! Who the hell made this weird metro ? this is so useless to have station every 50 meters and to do a trip slower than by walkinh, wtf... That's normal that nobody wants to take common transport rather than their car...
ohbobpleez cool right? Have you ever seen a drawbridge like what's seen just at the beginning of the video? I've never seen a railroad drawbridge designed this way. (It's double decker, has vehicle traffic below it.)
there's 2 drawbridges actually! They are both active too and rise up during the Spring and Fall when Sailboats need to enter the Lake or leave the lake. It's a site to see! Other than that, most of the city's railway drawbridges are tower kind that rise up and down.
There’s a 90 degree crossing in Switzerland between the regular 1435mm track and a 1000mm narrow gauge line. The overhead-line construction is pretty interesting ;)
@Mario I would really like to experience this, it looks a great way to see the city. I asume the trains arrive from the suburbs before they trundle round this maytrix of lines. So at least people can get to where they need to be. I'll hold off on buying my ticket for now, i haven't worked out which way i'm going yet!!! lol.....
Can’t imagine how small and conjoined the looped track is on the CTA rail in mainland Chicago. It’s stations are next to each other so close, it’s like you have arrived almost immediately. Although with good respect it provides good transit transfers on other CTA lines or Metra/Amtrak trains you wish to travel abroad.
People, shut up about the proximity of the stations and speed, and just appreciate how dope this journey is aesthetically. Seriously, I could just watch this all day.
Да уж, боюсь представить что происходило бы в Москве с такой скоростью движения поездов. Вот что значит быть первопроходцем. Штаты собрали все шишки, а СССР их учёл и создал один из самых эффективных метрополитенов в мире (что бы доехать из одного конца Москвы до другого на метро уходит примерно полтора часа)
Those are the tightest turns ive ever seen on a railroad track. There are also the smallest distance between stations on the line and its also the slowest metro system ive seen. Overall this was a strange thing to witness
I knew there had to be a bunch of break offs...cause when I was in Chicago...those things haul ass and go EVERYWHERE! And everyone calls it "The El". Why....idk cause El means The in Spanish. I'm gonna take "The The." Bye guys
The loop is really for people to get on and off and transfer, not really for transportation within the loop. The loop also has very busy intersections and sharp turns so trains move slowly on the loop.
Snewo Productions over 750,000 people ride the L everyday. So there kind of is a point of having it there. It doesn't just serve the city of Chicago it serves most of the metro area
Im from NYC and ride the subways here but Ive also rode the CTA around the downtown loop. And the Chicago trains are fast and clean and efficient. Most of the ride is not like this its only downtown where several lines converge. I loved the Chicago trains!!
This is where all the train lines come together so people get on and off here to transfer between lines. Reason why it’s so slow is because of tight corners, once the train leaves downtown, it branches out and picks up speed again. Educate yourself
seeing all the non chicagoans confused is so funny to me. trust me, look up a map of the transit system and you’ll understand. come live here and you’ll realize why it works in this way. it’s the loop!!!
Thank you for publishing your video, it's always interesting to see how other mass transport systems work. Something different to the double deck train nerwork that I'm used to in Sydney, Australia.
All aboard the inefficiency express, with stops at First street, the sidewalk adjacent to First street, the Hotdog cart 50 feet away from First street, the tree next to the Hotdog cart, a store window, a bus stop, another store window, the sidewalk adjacent to Second street, Second street, the sidewalk on the other side of Second street...
,🤣🤣🤣🤣 NO SHIT! What a joke of a transportation system. You wanta climb a flight of 50 stairs to go around the block.....come on . ....it only takes 30 minutes!
Would be cool (although very expensive) to live in a building right above the tracks and/or above a station (10:15). I think all the sounds and screechings of the trains are very calming!
To those complaining about the slowness of the train, the lens was in the telephoto position which compresses the scene giving the illusion of going slow. To cure that just go to your setting and hit playback speed then hit 2X.
I never expected so many negative comments. My other popular videos are in the similar situations. I feel sorry for those who love and seek negative-looking videos.
Alright everyone relax. No the whole L system isn't this slow. This is all in the loop and thus very close to downtown so that's the reason stations are so close. Also as for speed, the L is an elevated rail system, thus it's prone to a lot of noise pollution. You could have trains barrelling through downtown but it wouldn't be very good for everyone in ear shot. The train does go faster outside the loop and the stations are further apart. The L was constructed to be cheap over 100 years ago and it still serves the city of Chicago very well. No it's not my favorite metro system but it's definitely not deserving of this hate.
The circle line in London is a loop but still doesn't go this slow, it also doesn't have junctions because that's not what a metro should be. Why don't they just shut half the stations down and make this a more useable line
In Europe cars wait at the traffic lights while trains get priority. In Chicago trains have to wait for other trains and stop every few yards unless an american has to walk more than 20 yards LOL. But the trains above can get around some amazing radius curves.
The last time I was in Chicago, was back in 1971, I was in my early 20s, and a country boy from Michigan, I and a friend of mine went their for a weekend, and road the Ls subways and buses all over town, and up every tall building that we could, it was a lot of fun back then, such a big town for a small town boy.
It's funny how pretty much none of these comments actually understand this train system. It's the Central Business District, which is why the stops are so close, during rush hour. 4 different train lines which go miles and miles into the city to meet up here and turn around, which is why its so crowded. This section is where people get on to go to and from the business district to their homes miles away. When it's not the busy period, the trains move a lot faster through this section. Also, these train lines are over 130 years old, so its expensive as hell to move the tracks and reroute them. It's actually pretty efficient for what they have to work with.
No, we all understand how train systems work. Other metro systems around the world also bring people into business districts from the outskirts, but that doesn't mean the trains have to crawl along like a slug.
The structure is 125 years old. you don't want to go fast over it. Also most lines don't go from Point A to Point B. the start at one station go down into the loop, loop back and go back to the same station. The Loop is probably the Nation's most complicated railway in service. Also 450,000 people use the L every day. So the system works. I find the CTA system fascinating.
Am I honestly the only one who's looking out for Elwood's place while singing "Sweet Home Chicago"? "How often does the train go by?" "so often, you won't even notice."
Elwood's flophouse is now a small park ("Pritzker Park") across the tracks from the Harold Washington Library. The train passes by there before and after the 6:00 mark: library on the right, Pritzker Park on the left. That area, the "south Loop," was a lot more squalid in the late '70s.
Been on the loop in Chicago. It is this slow for real. Felt like a museum line, but it’s their central change station spread out. Construction is pretty interesting, being really old and still works today. What you don’t hear in this video is the extreme noise these turns create. I hope no one lives in the buildings next door.
The stations seem to be very close to each other. Subway in Berlin, Germany goes 70 km/h (45mph) and there is usually like 800 meters (½ mi) between the stations
Most stations are 1/2 mile to a mile apart from each other. The Loop is an exception because it's the most busiest part of the city and most of the platforms are not large enough to accommodate for so many people. The Loop is provides service to 5 Lines. Back then, there used to be 10 stations in the Loop, today it is only 8. Besides we do have subways as well, and the world record for the world's longest Subway platform.
God, what a complex and fascinating structure of the metro! In Europe and especially in Moscow they are much, much simpler. I want to thank the author of this video, it helps me see the world. I hope that someday I will see Chicago with my own eyes.
Alden Weaver you know, the train just goes slow at the DOWNTOWN LOOP. Its sharp curves prevent speed. There was even an accident in 1977. The other parts outside downtown are normal and go pretty fast.
The focal length of the camera makes it seem slower than it actually is. If you take a look at this video from the CTA, it gives you a better idea. ruclips.net/video/fJzhNPKtR0Q/видео.htmlm9s Loop footage is around the 36 minute mark. Also, there are fewer stations in the loop now. Finally, It seems you don't understand the history of logic behind Chicago's loop system, so please educate yourself before throwing shade about something you don't bother to learn about. It is a major hub where most people are getting in and off, most of the L trains converge there, the curves are very tight, and the loop is one of the oldest sections of transit track in the USA, but it still works excellent. I specifically moved to Chicago, in large part, due to the great transit system here.
Great Metro the El in Chicago and its cheap to travel too. As a Uk tourist I particularly liked the line to O’Hare airport. But the Elevated is a great ride.
This is a very old urban transit system primarily limited to the city of Chicago and a few adjacent suburbs. There is also a parallel passenger train system in the Chicago area called "Metra" with stations spread out and many lines far into the suburbs.
Одноногий слепой ветеран вьетнамской войны без костыля обгонит это метро даже не вспотев.. Приезжайте в Москву, что б увидеть настоящий городской метрополитен.
Одноногий слепой ветеран вьетнамской войны без костыля обгонит это метро даже не вспотев..хееее..ну я немогу..да у них там пробки даже в метрополитене и в лифтах..поэтому так медленно..страна то маленькая..народу много
It's been 9 years since this video came out and so much has changed. Orange line trains gave up their 3200s to the Blue Line. Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash closed to make way for the Washington/Wabash in 2017.
Nice loop ride! I guess the proximity of the stations work well as a pick-up/drop-off piece of track that feeds a longer route. On modern systems this is usually done with buses, trams or narrow gauge trains.
That's exactly what the Loop is for. It provides service for 5 total lines, Brown, Purple, Pink, Orange and Green and they are branch out into different directions. The Loop is mainly a pick-up drop off track for everyone outside of the downtown area. We used to have a 2nd Loop as well, the Stockyards Branch. The announcer is Lee Crooks.
I love Chicago, sadly for the city of Detroit, we only have a people mover that only moves in one direction, and a street car. It's depressing how much urban sprawl and racism (government policies that lead to both cheap suburban housing that excluded non-whites and more racial segregation) hurt many cities.
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Welcome aboard, today we will travel to 2nd street from 1st street. The stations we will stop at is 1st Street, 1st Avenue, 1st Road, 1st Blvd, before reaching 2nd street. Each station is 10 feet apart and we will be going at a pace slower than a snail, enjoy the ride.
Jonathan Chen when it’s in the loop (downtown area) it goes slower because of density and there’s about 6 different subway lines that branch out from this area. They go slow to not crash or drive off.Once it leaves the city, then the stations space out and it goes really fast through the suburbs.
LMAOOOOO 😂
LOL!!!
That's so true haha
the stations are close together because this is the "loop" downtown area, more frequent stops here is much more convenient for commuters especially during winter
This is the strangest metro line I have ever seen. Stations every 50 meters or so.
Hi Bisqwit
Many people travel into the "Loop" on a daily basis to work. Considering Chicago's cold winters,it's an added convenience not to have to walk long distances after disembarking from the train to get to your office. I'd say it's a very thoughtful system.
@@Rocketjay12 But that also makes it incredibly slow.
Not strange just crazy as a Chicagoan it’s crazy
I know right
This section is "The Loop". It does make some sense, trains loop through this area as they cycle back and forth between different areas of Chicago. Once they are outside this loop the speed increases considerably. There was some talk of adding a new, underground, loop, but as far as I'm aware planning has stalled.
It should be noted that out of Chicago's 8 metro lines, 2 have their own deticated tunnels through downtown, 1 line only seres 2-3 stops in the northern suburbs, and 1 line only travels downtown through the loop during rush hour and possibly Cubs games.
Yeah, there's 2 subway lines that run in the middle of the Loop under State and Dearborn streets. State/Lake and Library-State/Van Buren Loop L stations are very close to the Lake and Jackson subway stations and serve as transfer points. Clark/Lake is a super-station, opened in 1992, which allows free direct transfers between the Dearborn subway and the Loop L platforms. The station's 2 entrances are also inside 2 buildings, the James R. Thompson Center and 203 N. LaSalle
With stations so closely spaced apart, this really feels more like an urban horizontal lift system than a metro system.
That’s basically what the loop is, locals with their Ventra Cards will use it go a couple blocks when it’s blistering cold outside. Outside of downtown the trains go 55mph with stations being much farther apart. Also there are two subway lines that go underneath the loop for faster transit
@502 Downtowner It gets so cold though, and this is only in the loop, and also each station is already insanely crowded as is.
@502 Downtowner That's already happened. Some of these stations have now been closed and demolished: there are fewer stops these days.
@502 Downtowner With the closure of Madison and Randolph/Wabash stations, and replacement with Washington/Wabash, each side now has 2 stations. A single station would be quite inefficient, as everyone would have to funnel into a single station.
This is the brown line. It is the slowest but I also consider this one a leisure line to take for the best city views. The red line is a different story.
And I guarantee someone is watching this at 3:00am with exams tomorrow
If the exam was at tomorrow, I wouldn't really worry at 3 am
I do
Oh well...
That's how you end up cleaning toilets the rest of your life.
Lmao 2:54 AM but no exams!
My granny could have walked that route twice in the time that the train took.
If she were to try during a Chicago winter, she'd become a Frozen Granny pop.
No, she couldn't. You couldn't, either. The distances are greater than they appear in the video.
@Mario Of course, you and Rog5446 are right. It is antiquated and noisy and inefficient. Not being a Chicagoan and only an infrequent visitor, I really am not defending the decades old decision not to do anything. Not to mention the thousands of poor souls who live along the El tracks, in some cases close enough to brush the trains as they pass. It is not surpising though. City residents often put up with unpleasantness in public transport. I know that in Philadelphia, where I grew up, the subway/elevated system was old and stillborn for decades. Cheers!
I guess she is very hot!
Michael Gornish 5:32 those two stations are literally 30 seconds apart at a walking speed.
“Next stop... never mind we are here. “You can literally get off run to next stop and get back on the same train.
stephen Hill more like walk to the next station. these trains move slower than a slug
@@svenr2889 they have limit speed to reduce noise as these trains move between buildings
Lol
#RaceTheTube: Chicago noob mode
No need to run.
ビルの間を走る高架鉄道たまらん！あの急なカーブとか十字クロスしてるとこが凄い（語彙力喪失）
Сталин какого хуя?
Why stalin.
スターリンはどこの国でも好かれている。
@@user-qf3eu1fz8h кроме России
@@alvinjoy9392 Because Japan has many socialists
I have lived in Chicago my entire life and take the train everyday. For those of you saying that the train is super slow, it is only like this in the downtown loop area. It can be very congested so the trains have to drive slow so they will not run into each other. Its all about following safety measures. Also, people who go downtown take the train from surrounding neighborhoods so they want to get off a specific stop, that’s why there are so many stations. People don’t take the train just to go two stops. They just walk.
Compared to London's Circle Line, this is quite slow
Chata Pratt Chicago sucks slow ass trains.
If it's so congested that the trains have to drive so slow you might as well shut it down
That´s interesting. There´s so much critics about the speed and the stations that are, i suppose historically, very near to each other, Must have bin something like sience fiction anyway to the people, in the times, the elevated train was built.
For those complaining and saying their country’s trains are “better” take a look at the whole map of the CTA train lines, then come back. It’s only slow in the Loop. People come here to transfer between different lines since there’s no other place in the city that all the train lines come together. Once a train leaves the loop, the stations are more separated and the trains travel much faster. Educate yourselves before talking shit, especially if you never even been to Chicago
確かにこれ冬場は凍結した路面を歩いて滑って怪我するよりかは乗ったほうが良いかも。特に慣れてない観光客にはありがたいね。
Турист ёбнется от поломанного мозга быстрее, чем руку сломает.
Разве в Чикаго бывает зима? Скорость этого транспорта так мала, что дешевле дойти.
Wow, closest thing to catching a train in the clouds, I can't get over how close the stations are, it more resembles the Melbourne Aus tram network than our trains - thanks for posting.
Only that close in the inner city. Way more widely dispersed as you get further out into the suburbs
Most people don't realize the Chicago transit authority is actually a county wide system. With links to regional and nation wide rail as well via Metra and amtrak
This actually feels like a fever dream. It's constantly driving in and out of stations never getting up to speed.
It does get up to speed, but this is very zoomed in, effectively slowing the video down, and this is also the downtown core of Chicago
姿形こそ、普通の鉄道ですがこの街では市電の様な交通機関なんでしょうね。日本では併用軌道だったために衰退しましたが、市電がそのまま高架化されたと思えば納得できて面白い交通機関だと思います。
N K さん 神戸市は市電を全て高架化する案もあったそうですが、実現していれば神戸もこんな景色だったのかも。
面白そうですね！なんか
ロマンがあり昔の日本の
トロリーバス+横に移動していくまるでエレベーターのような感覚とは新鮮度があります。日本のバス停より駅間隔短いですね。隣駅が見えてwww
Спасибо, я всё понял.
Thanks! I understand all
It's still a metro. The Brown Line is 18.35 km long. Some of the other lines are longer. The Loop is unusual, though, because most of the system comes together and the stations are numerous. It was a way of bringing together competing railways in the late 19th century.
Wtf!! Train going slower than molasses. Train station every 100 feet. So many trains. Train intersections over 9000. How do people in Chicago even get to their destinations on time.
Totally agree. These fucking stops are closer than bus stops! Unbelievable! There would be riots if the NYC system were this bad.
ikr, in NYC our train stops are close together but our trains can go fast(depends on line)
They are never this slow.
It's downtown. It's where most people either begin or end their ride. Why would trains go fast here? Go to the 11:00 mark in the video. See those I-beams running horizontally along the outer curve of the track, like guardrails? Those were installed in 1977, after one train rear-ended another at that curve and knocked four cars to the street below. Eleven people were killed. You don't want speed here.
Laughing Gravy I feel dumb. I just checked out the other lines in the CTA and apparently it's just this particular section. One can really be fooled as I was.
Downtown IS the destination.
4:28 never imagined this thing can do such sharp turns.
Chicago has incredibly tight turn radii, with a minimum curve of 225 ft. That's partly why they have 48ft cars
Asakusa Station on the Tobu Railway in Japan has a very sharp curve.
@@AVeryRandomPersonI thought it was a 90 foot curve radius...
Love the announcements - Almost sounds British - Adds a bit of class to a fascinating rail system. Thanks for posting and greetings from the South Coast of England 🇬🇧
Sounds nothing like a British accent...
@@Liofa73 Just a bit 🤔
@@tallslimguy nope. Cuz we hate British accent
@@AK-nj1yl - Rude 🤔
Here no less than 5 separate lines converge and circle the landmark Chicago Loop structure before branching off to different areas of the city, entering and leaving the Loop at different points - a very complicated operation. It is only in this densely populated central business and theater district (less than 1 sq mile) that the trains move slowly with stations close together. Elsewhere in the CTA system average speed between stops is 55 mph (88 kph) with stations .5 to 1 mile apart.
Хорошо, что хоть не похоронили эту систему, нашли решение развязок в центре!!!
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It is interesting to me. I'm fascinated by how close the buildings and the line are. Thanks for showing us.
十数年前に乗って来ました、非常に楽しい路線です、この高架線はアンタッチャプルのロケにも良く出てきたところですので高架の下を歩くのもお薦めです、追伸地下路線も３駅ぐらいにホームが繋がっているので乗り口(乗車位置)を探してホームを歩いていたら次の駅に着いてしまうと言う事になるので注意が必要です(笑)
運行は深夜でも20分間隔の終夜運行されています。
I LOVE Chicago's L trains, so much character, yet so efficient! Yeah, stops are frequent downtown but the density and the number of people working make that necessary, it's similar in Lower Manhattan.
I cannot see how having stations that close together is beneficial at all. Spacing the stations further apart allows for better travel time, and if having them that close together saves you 2 mins of walking, it is costing you 10s of minutes in waiting at all the stations along the route. Density impacts station spacing for sure but there's a limit at which it's so disadvantageous that you should really space them a bit further.
Edit: On further reading I see they did indeed close a lot of the bunched up stations, which doesn't surprise me at all.
Efficient?! Motherfuckers can't walk one goddamn block?
Here's some math for you:
Cart length: approx 120 m.
Stop time at one station: approx 20 s.
Length between stop. approx 150 meters.
Total travel time from stop to stop: Approx 80 seconds
Total distance: 270 m
Travel Time: 80 seconds
Speed: 3.375 m/s
Or 11.07 feet/s
That is extremely slow.
I fell asleep. When I woke up, I had reached the next station .
خ سلمي هيه
haha I thought I was the only one.
@@MegaMCBC And stations are 100 feet long loool
haha. I'm still inside the train. Is somebody here too?
it looks so boring, that coffee would be mandatory for me to stay awake to be the train conductor.
you might as well walk
And that's what people do. You don't ride from station to station in the Loop. These stations are for dropping off commuters coming into the city and picking up others who are going back home.
And Carl Vogt you are a loud moth cow!
If you're going from one station to the next, sure. But people don't do that. They ride in on one line, get off somewhere, and then catch the train on the line they need.
This Loop area is where you can switch from one line to just about any other.
wood be faster than to stop every 2 meters with like 10kmph
@@carlvogt6162
42% of the population in France is considered obese, you guys aren't skinny anymore and haven't been for a while. Stones and glass houses.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Amazing how the L is able to negotiate those tight turns so well. Very cool. Thanks for posting this.
A very nice video, although it does mislead one to think that trains are slow and stations are closer together. I like the unique character of the L, elevated trains over the street. It is not how it would probably be made today, but it adds a unique charm to the city.
The film is not misleading there is a station every 30mtres,and the trains were slow my old clockwork train goes faster than those lol.😂😂😂😂😂
I was born and raised in New York City and I've been on every single train in NYC, but our train system isn't as intricate or serpentine like this in Chicago. I watched this video 3 times, it is so fascinating.
発車する時の鐘みたいな音に惚れた
Why the hell is there a station every 50 meters? Seriously?
Train moves like an elevator that stops at every single floor in a 100 floors building.
Echandi Rohrmoser It’s only like that downtown in the “Loop”, outside of that the stations are not as close to each other.
This is the loop. On tracks outside the loop, it goes a lot faster and stations are further apart.
I wish to visit Chicago to get in to understand why it’s slow and how it works?
SLIMANE SEBAI this is part of the system called the loop. It is the ends of certain lines, and is at the center of downtown. It is there for people the get on and off or transfer (usually little walking distance needed if you are a pedestrian in the loop). It’s not really for transportation within the loop. But in the loop, stations are near each other, there is a lot of traffic, and the turns are very sharp, so trains run very slowly in the loop. Outside the loop, they can go a lot faster. There’s the red line subway which is underground and bypasses the loop.
@@atomstarfireproductions8695 I think at least half a mile is still a walkable distance. Would allow the trains to speed up a bit..
A beautiful railway. Amazing how they forced the engineering to fit. In many respects (track geometry, components, station spacing) it's like a multiple-unit tram or LRV in the sky. The apparently short signalling overlaps (between the interlocking home signals and flanking moves), as from around 1:00, are a little bit terrifying though from a mainline signalling perspective. Hopefully they have good ATP/ ATC
The engineering is so bad ! Who the hell made this weird metro ? this is so useless to have station every 50 meters and to do a trip slower than by walkinh, wtf... That's normal that nobody wants to take common transport rather than their car...
Ну хоть один умный, а не восторженный от этого пиздеца!👏
@@emilienp6942 it was built 132 years ago..
I do not understand, why people use such types of slow transportation. most stations are in walking distance. strange!
Debabrata Bahadur cause people are lazy
It looks like there are too many stations. Maybe the system would be faster with less of them.
less than 10 foot
and slowwww
It's ridiculous... on the blue line three subway stations are connected, meaning it is one long platform with three different names
Because the loop is a kind of transfer/city center area. Once the lines all branch off, speed picks up.
Wow. Except for a model rail layout, I haven't seen active tracks that cross each other at 90 degrees on the same grade.
ohbobpleez cool right? Have you ever seen a drawbridge like what's seen just at the beginning of the video? I've never seen a railroad drawbridge designed this way. (It's double decker, has vehicle traffic below it.)
Diamond crossing, Nagpur.
there's 2 drawbridges actually! They are both active too and rise up during the Spring and Fall when Sailboats need to enter the Lake or leave the lake. It's a site to see!
Other than that, most of the city's railway drawbridges are tower kind that rise up and down.
There’s a 90 degree crossing in Switzerland between the regular 1435mm track and a 1000mm narrow gauge line. The overhead-line construction is pretty interesting ;)
Lovely video! As an ex London tube driver and ex main line train driver i like this drivers eye upload, keep up the good work!
@Mario I would really like to experience this, it looks a great way to see the city. I asume the trains arrive from the suburbs before they trundle round this maytrix of lines. So at least people can get to where they need to be. I'll hold off on buying my ticket for now, i haven't worked out which way i'm going yet!!! lol.....
Can’t imagine how small and conjoined the looped track is on the CTA rail in mainland Chicago. It’s stations are next to each other so close, it’s like you have arrived almost immediately. Although with good respect it provides good transit transfers on other CTA lines or Metra/Amtrak trains you wish to travel abroad.
People, shut up about the proximity of the stations and speed, and just appreciate how dope this journey is aesthetically.
Seriously, I could just watch this all day.
no
@@slugnoid no
Those trains are so damn slow. I get to the place faster on my Skateboard! There is one subway station every 10 feet. It's ridiculous!
Trams in Europe are faster than this.
slow and shaky
Noticed that as well :( Why so many stops? You'd be faster walking the line it seems.
It is very slow. But then much of the infrastructure is 100 years old and clearly hasn't changed much since!
@soundseeker63:
Closing every second station and it's going much faster.
Да уж, боюсь представить что происходило бы в Москве с такой скоростью движения поездов. Вот что значит быть первопроходцем. Штаты собрали все шишки, а СССР их учёл и создал один из самых эффективных метрополитенов в мире (что бы доехать из одного конца Москвы до другого на метро уходит примерно полтора часа)
Those are the tightest turns ive ever seen on a railroad track. There are also the smallest distance between stations on the line and its also the slowest metro system ive seen. Overall this was a strange thing to witness
Странно то, что кто-то этим пользуется. С такими скоростями это не должно быть интересно пассажирам даже при отсутствии платы.
海外に旅行した気分になれるいい動画ですね！
It's the "loop" downtown. All lines branch out from here. Listen to the announcements explaining transfers. Ignorance is bliss.
I knew there had to be a bunch of break offs...cause when I was in Chicago...those things haul ass and go EVERYWHERE! And everyone calls it "The El". Why....idk cause El means The in Spanish. I'm gonna take "The The." Bye guys
@@NeilEAnlin It's actually "L" which is short for "Elevated".
The loop is really for people to get on and off and transfer, not really for transportation within the loop. The loop also has very busy intersections and sharp turns so trains move slowly on the loop.
спасибо бро.
@@NeilEAnlin el, short for elevated.
I remember those recorded announcements of the streets SO well!
“The voice all Chicagoans know”
I used to ride this every day when I lived there; I miss the CTA.
摩天楼の間を縫うように走る電車って良いよねえ〜。
these trains are super slow zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Funkalistic Funkalactic Because stations are so close. Since they're so close, theres really no point in going fast.
I can walk that fast
Karma there is no point to have subway lines there.... Walk, cycle or use buses instead....
Snewo Productions over 750,000 people ride the L everyday. So there kind of is a point of having it there. It doesn't just serve the city of Chicago it serves most of the metro area
Funkalistic Funkalactic of course they're going slow, the stations within the loop are close together. It goes faster when you're outside of the loop
I have to admit that the trains didn’t feel that slow on the circle when I visited Chicago last year... maybe it’s just the FOV...
駅間の距離が狭かったり線路が交差していたりと日本じゃ見れない光景をこの動画で知ることが出来てとても面白い。
マリカーのワリオこうざんみたい。
電車はリンリンメトロ
Im from NYC and ride the subways here but Ive also rode the CTA around the downtown loop. And the Chicago trains are fast and clean and efficient. Most of the ride is not like this its only downtown where several lines converge. I loved the Chicago trains!!
Wtf Chicago, so many stations close together.
Yes, it's very convenient. Lots of people to drop off and pickup during rush hour.
cornel696789425 just in the downtown loop
maybe you should check the rest of the system's lines. Looks are deceiving.
This is where all the train lines come together so people get on and off here to transfer between lines. Reason why it’s so slow is because of tight corners, once the train leaves downtown, it branches out and picks up speed again. Educate yourself
Laughing Gravy the NYC Subway transports 8 million passengers a day. Stations are much farther apart and they actually travel quite fast.
seeing all the non chicagoans confused is so funny to me. trust me, look up a map of the transit system and you’ll understand. come live here and you’ll realize why it works in this way. it’s the loop!!!
Thank you for publishing your video, it's always interesting to see how other mass transport systems work. Something different to the double deck train nerwork that I'm used to in Sydney, Australia.
大都市への成長に当たって、自動車に混ざって地上を走る
今までの市電では道路混雑や客足の増加に耐えれなかったんでしょうけど。
しかし駅間や路線交叉を市電そのままに高架化＆編成延長するあたりが凄い。
ちょっと差別的な発言かもしれませんけど、アメリカンな考えですよねw
All aboard the inefficiency express, with stops at First street, the sidewalk adjacent to First street, the Hotdog cart 50 feet away from First street, the tree next to the Hotdog cart, a store window, a bus stop, another store window, the sidewalk adjacent to Second street, Second street, the sidewalk on the other side of Second street...
Fucking lol. Spot on mate 😂😂🙌🙌
Damn I can't stop laughing all over these comments
,🤣🤣🤣🤣 NO SHIT! What a joke of a transportation system. You wanta climb a flight of 50 stairs to go around the block.....come on . ....it only takes 30 minutes!
The hotdog cart!! 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Made my day lol
I bumped the playback speed up to 2x and I still fell asleep.
it's still absurdly slow at 2x
Me 2
same here
Would be cool (although very expensive) to live in a building right above the tracks and/or above a station (10:15). I think all the sounds and screechings of the trains are very calming!
You can do that in London
キーン↑ コーン↓ door is closing
が結構好きかも
Sunomono 単純なのがいいですよね。
TrainPochi 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Fascinating to see an elevated system like this. Amazed how close together the stations are.
面白い構造の鉄道やな
日本ではなかなか見かけない風景だのう
To those complaining about the slowness of the train, the lens was in the telephoto position which compresses the scene giving the illusion of going slow. To cure that just go to your setting and hit playback speed then hit 2X.
Lots of negative comments about this rail system but it sure has character. The famous loop on the L, great video, thanks.
I never expected so many negative comments. My other popular videos are in the similar situations. I feel sorry for those who love and seek negative-looking videos.
Alright everyone relax. No the whole L system isn't this slow. This is all in the loop and thus very close to downtown so that's the reason stations are so close. Also as for speed, the L is an elevated rail system, thus it's prone to a lot of noise pollution. You could have trains barrelling through downtown but it wouldn't be very good for everyone in ear shot. The train does go faster outside the loop and the stations are further apart. The L was constructed to be cheap over 100 years ago and it still serves the city of Chicago very well. No it's not my favorite metro system but it's definitely not deserving of this hate.
Well said!
Yes it does
The circle line in London is a loop but still doesn't go this slow, it also doesn't have junctions because that's not what a metro should be. Why don't they just shut half the stations down and make this a more useable line
Also worth noting, there is a zoom effect, Therefore making the stations look close and the journey so slow. It's just a freaking illusion!
The Interface I agree. As a younger kid I always loved riding the L.
In Europe cars wait at the traffic lights while trains get priority. In Chicago trains have to wait for other trains and stop every few yards unless an american has to walk more than 20 yards LOL. But the trains above can get around some amazing radius curves.
Who dares watching this at 1x or 0.5x ? Must be the most patient person in utube
The last time I was in Chicago, was back in 1971, I was in my early 20s, and a country boy from Michigan, I and a friend of mine went their for a weekend, and road the Ls subways and buses all over town, and up every tall building that we could, it was a lot of fun back then, such a big town for a small town boy.
It's funny how pretty much none of these comments actually understand this train system. It's the Central Business District, which is why the stops are so close, during rush hour. 4 different train lines which go miles and miles into the city to meet up here and turn around, which is why its so crowded. This section is where people get on to go to and from the business district to their homes miles away. When it's not the busy period, the trains move a lot faster through this section. Also, these train lines are over 130 years old, so its expensive as hell to move the tracks and reroute them. It's actually pretty efficient for what they have to work with.
No, we all understand how train systems work. Other metro systems around the world also bring people into business districts from the outskirts, but that doesn't mean the trains have to crawl along like a slug.
Julian Smith Do you not understand that this was built in the nineteenth century and is now considered an historical landmark?
So were penny farthings, but I wouldn't want to commute on one.
Jim Allen: Hi Jim. Thank you for the information.
Four lines regularly use the Loop: Green, Pink, Brown, and Orange. During weekday rush hours, the Purple (Evanston Express) uses it, too.
I remember my uncle took my brother and I for a ride in one of those "el-trains" in Chicago
I felt like i was driving This ! Thanks
The structure is 125 years old. you don't want to go fast over it. Also most lines don't go from Point A to Point B. the start at one station go down into the loop, loop back and go back to the same station. The Loop is probably the Nation's most complicated railway in service. Also 450,000 people use the L every day. So the system works. I find the CTA system fascinating.
They go plenty fast, just not in The Loop.
@@JETZcorp Precisely.
Am I honestly the only one who's looking out for Elwood's place while singing "Sweet Home Chicago"?
"How often does the train go by?" "so often, you won't even notice."
bruchpilot747 yes you are the only one
bruchpilot747 first thing I thought of, let the good times roll.....🎤🎼
First thing I thought of was "what a fucked up train system" but then I realized this is Chicago we're talking about....fuckin huge city.
Elwood's flophouse is now a small park ("Pritzker Park") across the tracks from the Harold Washington Library. The train passes by there before and after the 6:00 mark: library on the right, Pritzker Park on the left. That area, the "south Loop," was a lot more squalid in the late '70s.
Been on the loop in Chicago. It is this slow for real. Felt like a museum line, but it’s their central change station spread out. Construction is pretty interesting, being really old and still works today. What you don’t hear in this video is the extreme noise these turns create. I hope no one lives in the buildings next door.
Hi! Great scene, video and camera work! New subscriber. Greetings from Italy. Stefano.
日本には新交通システムというものがありますね。
シカゴでは鉄道レールを採用してるだけで、機能的には新交通システムと同じだと思います。
The stations seem to be very close to each other. Subway in Berlin, Germany goes 70 km/h (45mph) and there is usually like 800 meters (½ mi) between the stations
Most stations are 1/2 mile to a mile apart from each other. The Loop is an exception because it's the most busiest part of the city and most of the platforms are not large enough to accommodate for so many people. The Loop is provides service to 5 Lines. Back then, there used to be 10 stations in the Loop, today it is only 8.
Besides we do have subways as well, and the world record for the world's longest Subway platform.
Guys, CTA has videos of the other trains, on their individual lines, if you want to see how fast these trains ACTUALLY are
Chicago is a beautiful city and the L is great way to get around.
これ見たら何故かグラセフのリバティーシティー思い出したw
おれはスパイダーマンかなw
watching this video makes me feel relaxed. nobody's in hurry, not even train. good video
"How often does the train go by? So often you won't notice it" Blues Brothers
God, what a complex and fascinating structure of the metro! In Europe and especially in Moscow they are much, much simpler. I want to thank the author of this video, it helps me see the world. I hope that someday I will see Chicago with my own eyes.
環状線だけ見ると意味が無いように見えるけど、環状線の外側から入る路線がそのまま乗り入れて別方向に出て行くんだよね。総体としてのシカゴLはすごく面白いと思う。
例えて言うなら、首都高とその中の都心環状線C1みたいな感じ？
I will never complain about my slow ass N train again. This was painful to watch . The stations are less than a train length apart .
I'll never wait in agony as the Broad Street Line crawls into the station EVER again. Poor Chicago.
Alden Weaver you know, the train just goes slow at the DOWNTOWN LOOP. Its sharp curves prevent speed. There was even an accident in 1977. The other parts outside downtown are normal and go pretty fast.
The focal length of the camera makes it seem slower than it actually is. If you take a look at this video from the CTA, it gives you a better idea. ruclips.net/video/fJzhNPKtR0Q/видео.htmlm9s Loop footage is around the 36 minute mark. Also, there are fewer stations in the loop now. Finally, It seems you don't understand the history of logic behind Chicago's loop system, so please educate yourself before throwing shade about something you don't bother to learn about. It is a major hub where most people are getting in and off, most of the L trains converge there, the curves are very tight, and the loop is one of the oldest sections of transit track in the USA, but it still works excellent. I specifically moved to Chicago, in large part, due to the great transit system here.
emu5088 Precisely!
ChicagoLTrain115 é
Great Metro the El in Chicago and its cheap to travel too. As a Uk tourist I particularly liked the line to O’Hare airport. But the Elevated is a great ride.
This is a very old urban transit system primarily limited to the city of Chicago and a few adjacent suburbs. There is also a parallel passenger train system in the Chicago area called "Metra" with stations spread out and many lines far into the suburbs.
車内放送がクリス・ペプラーですね。ええ声。
ほぼ否定的な意見ばかりの動画に、ありがたい感想です。
まじそれな、いい声や
駅間短いと………
自分の家から右の駅か左の駅かを選べる!
英語のアナウンスってだけでUSJにおるみたい笑
Would be great to have an apartment looking out over the track
Just like the Blues Brothers!
Oh yes. Always wanted to live by a railway. Had a holiday cottage in France about 20yds from a branch line. Only 6 trains a day though.
@Mario you could throw used johnny on roof as it passed then have a quiet laugh every time a train passed with a dried up rubber on.
@@DaveInBridport in Tokyo you can get a house right next to busy tracks
My favourite thing about living next to a semi busy line in the UK
It’s a further walk from the street to the platform than the next station.
this is the most humanized public transport i've ever seen, you will never worry about missing your stop due to falling asleep on this train
Зачем столько станций, на такое маленькое расстояние? Я бы быстрее пешком прошёл
@@Advanced_Warfare меньше
@@Advanced_Warfare каждый км??? 50м блять между станциями
Одноногий слепой ветеран вьетнамской войны без костыля обгонит это метро даже не вспотев..
Приезжайте в Москву, что б увидеть настоящий городской метрополитен.
Ну тупые!!!!
Одноногий слепой ветеран вьетнамской войны без костыля обгонит это метро даже не вспотев..хееее..ну я немогу..да у них там пробки даже в метрополитене и в лифтах..поэтому так медленно..страна то маленькая..народу много
Даже старинный ктм-5 быстрее ездит чем этО😆😆😆
Там расстояние между станциями метров 30😀😀😀
Это же центр города. Непривычно.
It's been 9 years since this video came out and so much has changed.
Orange line trains gave up their 3200s to the Blue Line.
Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash closed to make way for the Washington/Wabash in 2017.
What changed the most is, to my surprise, that we can't film the cab view like I did. Now, there's a barrier between cab and passenget space.
reminds me of Spider Man fight with Dr. Octopus
This is where they filmed it.
Nice loop ride! I guess the proximity of the stations work well as a pick-up/drop-off piece of track that feeds a longer route. On modern systems this is usually done with buses, trams or narrow gauge trains.
I also love the announcements. Who's that voice from?
That's exactly what the Loop is for. It provides service for 5 total lines, Brown, Purple, Pink, Orange and Green and they are branch out into different directions. The Loop is mainly a pick-up drop off track for everyone outside of the downtown area.
We used to have a 2nd Loop as well, the Stockyards Branch.
The announcer is Lee Crooks.
Пешком быстрей пройти. Даешь спортивную ходьбу!
Kunokatta loppo de la spoonalinho debata?
Can't imagine 8 to 12 hours a day as a motorman. It's the path to utter insanity and boredom. Nice video though thank you.
*Excellent video! All the best from Vietnam*
-Ты чего на работу опоздал?
-Да решил на метро поехать
не думал увидеть тут русского
Какое же это метро?! Метро это в Москве и шикарное! А здесь - стыд и срам полный! Просто жуть! Даже смотреть, не то, что проехать!
ruclips.net/video/gfDoumPhJbI/видео.html
Russia have the worst infrastructure. Don't compare your shit with USA. GOD BLESS USA
Jokes on you guys we have a longer life expectancy
What a MELLOW train. Could get some good thinkin' done on that train. I like it a lot. More rides should be MELLOW like this.
The train goes so slow that you could literally walk there faster. Some of the stations are not even a block away from each other. LOL
This makes me feel really good about my local trains
My granny walked backwards,and beat the train.
Haha xD
No she didn’t.
I love Chicago, sadly for the city of Detroit, we only have a people mover that only moves in one direction, and a street car. It's depressing how much urban sprawl and racism (government policies that lead to both cheap suburban housing that excluded non-whites and more racial segregation) hurt many cities.
Awesome ride on the Chicago L... right from the comfort of my home here in Denver, CO! Good camera use here!
When the trains stops at a station I bet the back of the train is in another station