Total shutdown of ATS at ORD May 30
Apr 19, 2022, 1:35 pm
#196
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Tribune article: https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...xwq-story.html
Fun facts:
"The fleet has been expanded from 15 cars to 36 cars. Service operates every three minutes, and each three-car train can carry 147 passengers. The train makes five stops, and the trip from Terminal 1 at one end of the tracks to the rental car and transit facility at the other takes 10 minutes"
Fun facts:
"The fleet has been expanded from 15 cars to 36 cars. Service operates every three minutes, and each three-car train can carry 147 passengers. The train makes five stops, and the trip from Terminal 1 at one end of the tracks to the rental car and transit facility at the other takes 10 minutes"
Apr 19, 2022, 1:46 pm
#197
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Tribune article: https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...xwq-story.html
Fun facts:
"The fleet has been expanded from 15 cars to 36 cars. Service operates every three minutes, and each three-car train can carry 147 passengers. The train makes five stops, and the trip from Terminal 1 at one end of the tracks to the rental car and transit facility at the other takes 10 minutes"
Fun facts:
"The fleet has been expanded from 15 cars to 36 cars. Service operates every three minutes, and each three-car train can carry 147 passengers. The train makes five stops, and the trip from Terminal 1 at one end of the tracks to the rental car and transit facility at the other takes 10 minutes"
Apr 19, 2022, 2:06 pm
#198
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Makes sense to me! Use that lot instead of the ones that require a shuttle bus. What are they going to do with the Lot E space?
Apr 19, 2022, 3:09 pm
#199
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What's odd is it essentially does stop at whatever the ghost station between the MMF and T5 is (I'm assuming that's the Lot E referenced) -- it doesn't open the doors, and I don't believe it comes to a complete stop but it slows to a crawl shortly before and takes a while to get back up to speed after... I
Apr 19, 2022, 7:09 pm
#200
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I didn't time it but I rode it a more than half dozen times in March from 1 to the MMF and vice versa and 10 seemed rather optimistic to my mind, especially when in-station dwell time is considered at T1, T2, T3, and T5. Maybe it has been sped up, or maybe it's just my impatience
What's odd is it essentially does stop at whatever the ghost station between the MMF and T5 is (I'm assuming that's the Lot E referenced) -- it doesn't open the doors, and I don't believe it comes to a complete stop but it slows to a crawl shortly before and takes a while to get back up to speed after... I
What's odd is it essentially does stop at whatever the ghost station between the MMF and T5 is (I'm assuming that's the Lot E referenced) -- it doesn't open the doors, and I don't believe it comes to a complete stop but it slows to a crawl shortly before and takes a while to get back up to speed after... I
Apr 19, 2022, 9:34 pm
#201
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Apr 20, 2022, 5:49 am
#203
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When I was stuck on a dead train a few weeks ago (I think I described that situation up-thread) we were stopped just past the right edge of this picture and had a few planes pass directly over us at a not-that-much-margin-for-error altitude (it made for some pretty cool planespottig) -- I'd guess the station is probably close to double the height of the trains but perhaps more importantly is a fixed object vs. the trains which are transitory.
Apr 20, 2022, 7:05 am
#204
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That station could be moved a block south to not be in direct path of 27C, but If it wasn't moved when ATS was down for years, it's probably not going to get done now.
Apr 25, 2022, 3:33 pm
#205
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What's odd is it essentially does stop at whatever the ghost station between the MMF and T5 is (I'm assuming that's the Lot E referenced) -- it doesn't open the doors, and I don't believe it comes to a complete stop but it slows to a crawl shortly before and takes a while to get back up to speed after... I
Apr 30, 2022, 1:21 am
#209
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