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In response to "looks like there might be a commuter rail right-of-way they could use? -- (edited)" by znufrii

The blue line terminates under O'Hare. when it comes out of O'Hare, it goes above ground

Posted by ty97 Feb 9 '17, 15:04

and runs down the center divider of the O'Hare entry/exit highway. It then exits O'Hare property and runs down the median of the I-90/I-94 (Kennedy) expressway for a a good number of stops. At points during this, the METRA commuter rail is running parallel to the blue line, but not in the media (METRA at that points runs just west of the eastbound/southbound lanes). Eventually blue line leaves the expressway and dips into the neighborhoods (this is when you start getting to the oldest parts of the line) and I think METRA crosses over the Kennedy and stars running on the east side toward downtwon

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Maybe they could use the Metra tracks since they only run once per hour. -- nm - iSpam Feb 9, 15:10 4
- But then train would go to Union Station which is technically not The Loop (though awfully close) -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 15:23 3
  - True. But I think most people would be okay with a Union <-.> ORD express train. -- nm - spamlet Feb 9, 15:35
  - And at least during rush, there's a lot more trains running on those tracks -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 15:23 1
    - East of Western? There are three lines running already it looks like and there are express trains I didn't consider. - spamlet Feb 9, 15:39
(doing this off of memory. I can describe better with a map) -- nm - ty97 Feb 9, 15:04

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The blue line terminates under O'Hare. when it comes out of O'Hare, it goes above ground

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