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  2. 5000-series (CTA) - Wikipedia

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    The 5000-series' seating arrangement has been met with negative feedback from riders. One of the requirements the CTA had during the bidding process was that manufacturers provide more than one interior layout for a hybrid seating configuration (both longitudinal and lateral), to minimize discomfort as well as maximize passenger flow.

  3. Chicago "L" rolling stock - Wikipedia

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    Only these four cars were ever built. These cars were the first "L" cars to feature the "blinker door" configuration, in which the doors to the train open inward into the car rather than slide horizontally. This door configuration was later used on the 6000-series, 1–50 series, 2000-series, and 2200-series.

  4. Train seat - Wikipedia

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    In most trains there's free or open seating. In case one can make seat reservations, train seating plans or train seat maps [2] are provided in computer reservation systems to allow future train passengers to select their seat, usually an aisle seat or window seat.

  5. Eurostar - Wikipedia

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    Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.. The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, which operated trains through the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom, and Thalys which operated in Western Europe.

  6. List of historical passenger rail services in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    During the heyday of rail transportation in the first half of the 20th century, Chicago, Illinois, reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals at its peak. With the decline of passenger rail in the United States, service was consolidated at Union Station with inter-city Amtrak ...

  7. Naperville to add seating at city’s downtown Metra station ...

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    Three, sometimes four days a week, Ron Keller drives to Naperville’s downtown train station. No ticket in hand, his only chattel is a folding chair. Keller doesn’t go to the tracks to travel ...

  8. The Loop (CTA) - Wikipedia

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    The Loop was born in political scandal: upon completion, all the rail lines running downtown had to pay Yerkes's operation a fee, which raised fares for commuters; when Yerkes, after bribery of the state legislature, secured legislation by which he claimed a fifty-year franchise, the resulting furor drove him out of town and ushered in a short ...

  9. Newfoundland's Funny Way of Letting Dad Know It's Time to Go ...

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    The dog was so confused. Dad's jacket was on, but they weren't going for a stroll — what gives?!. Related: Newfoundland Believing She Gave Birth to Bunnies Is the Sweetest Thing All Week