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kmfdm1974 t1_iy4zrmq 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 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

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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

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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

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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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