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The 7000-series of rail cars was ordered by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the Chicago "L".The base order is for 400 cars and will be used to replace the 2600-series cars, dating back to the 1980s, [3] which are currently assigned to the Blue, Brown, and Orange Lines.
The most recent order consists of the 7000-series cars that are planned to replace the 2600-series cars, with options for additional cars that would replace the 3200-series cars. All cars are 12 ft (3.66 m) tall (from top of rail) and 48 ft 3 in (14.71 m) long (over coupler pulling faces).
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") [4] is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, [1] [note 1] and the third-busiest rapid ...
Articles about the rolling stock of the Chicago 'L'. ... 5000-series (CTA) 6000-series (CTA) 7000-series (CTA) S. State-of-the-Art Car
The Blue Line is a 26.93-mile-long (43.34 km) Chicago "L" line which runs from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through downtown via the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and across the West Side to its southwest end in Forest Park, with a total of 33 stations (11 on the Forest Park branch, 9 in the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and 13 on the O'Hare branch).
The Desplaines Yard (also known as the Forest Park Yard) is a CTA rail yard in Forest Park, Illinois which stores cars for the Blue Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. Currently, 2600-series, 3200-series and 7000-series railcars are stored here. [1] It is adjacent to Forest Park station.
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However, since the delivery of all 5000-series cars is complete, the assignment of 2600-series cars on the Orange Line is now a permanent assignment until the delivery of the new 7000-series cars. 2600-series cars as-built at the Cicero-Berwyn Terminal on July 17, 1994. From 1993 until 2015, these cars were used on the Red Line. These cars were ...