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What do you guys think of my idea for The "L" Train network. You think this would work and could build the ridership needed to sustain these kinds of service levels?

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THE NEW "L"

-NO MORE WAITING 15-20MIN FOR AN L TRAIN.

SERVICE ON ALL LINES WOULD OPERATE EVERY 7MIN OR BETTER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE WILL BE THE GREEN LINE COTTAGE GROVE AND ASHLAND BRANCH ROUTES, WHICH WOULD OPERATE EVERY 15MIN OR BETTER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WITH COMBINED GREEN LINE SERVICE OPERATING EVERY 7MIN OR BETTER NORTH OF GARFIELD.

ALL SERVICE TO OPERATE TILL 1:30AM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ON ALL LINES.

PURPLE LINE
-Service will operate seven days a week to the Loop, operating express Mon-Sat during busy periods.

BLUE LINE
-Cermack Branch trains will no longer operate. Only Pink Line service will operate. The low frequency Blue Line Cermack service operating only during rush hours, is a waste of resources, and trains from this service can be used to provide more frequent service on the entire system.

RED LINE
Eliminate the following stops on the Dan Ryan Branch, due to their close proximity to the Green Line.
-47th
-Garfield
-63rd
Eliminating these stops will allow Dan Ryan Branch riders a faster trip to the Loop, and will eliminate duplication of service with the Green Line.
All feeder buses that service the eliminated Red Line stations, will terminate at the Green Line stations instead.

MOST BUSES WILL NOT TRAVEL TO THE LOOP
-To support increase rapid transit service, many bus routes that operate in close proximity to the L system, or that operate all the way to the Loop, would terminate instead at L train stations.
Buses would provide more of a feeder service to the L trains.

Entire or portions of bus routes that could be cut due to their close proximity to the L trains are as follows.
-21 CERMAK
-7 HARRISON
-3 KING DRIVE
-56 MILWAUKEE
-36 BROADWAY
-8 HALSTEAD
-22 CLARK

NEW L CLUBBER SERVICE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS
-In addition to the regular Red and Blue line services that operate 24 hours a day,
new late night trains will leave every Friday and Saturday nights from the Loop on all lines at 30min service levels, till 4AM. No inbound service will operate on the special clubber trains. Exception to this will be brown line trains which will make connections in the loop to outbound Orange, Pink, Blue, Red, and Green line trains.