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Old Dec 6, 2010, 4:48 pm
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gfunkdave
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The CTA has been (slowly) rolling out credit card machines at stations, mainly on the blue and orange (both airport) lines. And the red line too, I think. And at O'Hare and Midway. They're about a billion dollars in the hole, and have been focusing on making sure the tracks don't collapse. Personally, I've been hoping for electronic signs saying how long until the next train for YEARS, and they're finally starting to roll them out.

The person in the booth's job is, I think, just to make sure people don't dodge the fare and to help people if their card doesn't work. They aren't bank tellers and have no cash back there.

As far as I know, you should be able to share one card among up to 7 people.
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