kmfdm1974 t1_iy3wowt wrote
Reply to comment by Camiata2 in TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2
I live up on Peterson and Kimball and catch the brown line up at the station at Lawrence at five in the morning so maybe that's why I don't have a problem with delays. Sometimes catching it back home there's a long wait
Camiata2 t1_iy4194a wrote
If you're catching it at Kimball that's probably why as it's the hub for the line
kmfdm1974 t1_iy4bpp2 wrote
Yeah. I would catch the bus to the blue line but it was always late and one time someone jumped in front of it and after that I was like no more blue line for me
Camiata2 t1_iy4d7h8 wrote
Yeah, stuff like that seems to be more common for the red and blue lines
kmfdm1974 t1_iy4zrmq wrote
I have a buddy and she told me that she was late for work like five times in a couple years cause people were killing themselves on the blue line. I wonder what it is about suicide and the blue line
Camiata2 t1_iy50n1g wrote
Probably easier to commit as it (and the red line) goes underground whereas the other lines are all above ground and more difficult to gain access to
kmfdm1974 t1_iy51cmc wrote
She said these people were jumping on the tracks around Pulaski and when my train got held up they jumped in front of it on Damen
Camiata2 t1_iy53g57 wrote
Ah, okay. The Irving Park and Damen stops are both fairly large stops in general so it might just boil down to percentages being at play
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