CTA and METRA, CHICAGO
シカゴ ・市内郊外鉄道
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Chicago
Aerial view of Chicago, photographed in September 2010.
Copyright(c) 2008 Junhaku Miyamoto All right reserved.
Chicago is the largest city in the State of Illinois. More than 2.8 million inhabitants in the city
and is the third largest and most densely populated major city in the United States. It has a major
world financial center, with the second largest business district in the country. The city is the
home of three major financial centers, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options
Exchange and Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Manufacturing, printing, publishing and food
processing also plays major roles in the economy. Several medical products and services
headquarters are placed in Chicago, including Baxter, Abbott, and healthcare service division
of General Electric.
Source:Wikipedia
(L) A route map of the CTA and Metra, centering to the Chicago Loop. (R) Downtown Chicago view from an aircraft in May 2008.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) handles public transportation in the city of Chicago and a few adjacent
suburbs. The CTA operates a rapid transit elevated and subway system known as the 'L' (for "elevated"),
with lines designated by colors. These rapid transit lines also serve both Midway and O'Hare Airports.
The CTA's rail lines consist of the Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Brown, Purple, Pink, and Yellow lines. Both
Red and Blue lines offer 24 hour service, which makes Chicago one of only two American cities to offer rail
service every day of the year for 24 hours around the clock.
( Source:Wikipedia )
(L) An automatic vending machine for purchase a visitor's pass in the Chicago CTA railways. A credit card is accepted.
(R) It is easy to buy a ticket. A customer just follows a number '1' Select ,'2' Insert, on the display instructions, then,
a ticket will be issued after the '3' Take the scene.
(L) After purchasing a railway ticket, a passenger goes down by an escalator to the platform of the CTA terminal.
(R) The 2-day visitor pass of CTA.
The underground railway station of O'Hare international Airport.
(L) After leaving from the airport station, a train will go up to the surface. (M) The railway track runs between an expressway.
(R) A newly constructed station on route to the Chicago Loop. A total amendment work for railway facilities was underway.
(L) A highway road sign showing the way to Chicago Loop. (R) The CTA blue line Jackson Station at the Loop in downtown Chicago.
(L) An information board in which the detour route was written during the construction period of the Red Line railway track.
(R) Railway workers removing a half decayed sleeper on the overhead rail track.
CTA（シカゴ高架鉄道・地下鉄道）案内 シカゴ市内および郊外への移動にはCTA が便利である。特に2〜5日間、
観光に訪れる旅行客には早くて安い乗り物としておすすめする。オヘア国際空港駅のビジター専用の自動販売機を
使用する。一般用の切符販売機では買えない。2日用切符で9ドルで48時間、CTAの電車を乗り放題である。空港駅
から市内への所要時間は40分ほどである。市の中心部にある Jackson Station にはホームからエレベーターがあるが、
地上部分までは運行していない。
今、ＣＴＡでは鉄道施設のリニューアルに力を注いでいる。曜日と時間を区切ってその区間を運行中止し、代替え
バスにて振り替え輸送している。シカゴ空港からＣＴＡを利用した筆者も、たまたまこの運休措置に出会い、途中
2駅間を2両連結の代替バスに重いスーツケースを抱えて乗り換えねばならなかった。帰りは運休日に該当しなかった
ので、予定通り空港に到着出来た。今週はどこの路線のどの区間の工事をするかは電光掲示板に表示されているが
旅行者にとってはあまりにも突然のことで戸惑いを隠せない。しかし、郊外までＣＴＡに乗って見ると、駅舎、
鉄道軌道に新旧、明らかな違いを見ることが出来、近代化への強い意欲を感じることが出来る。
Travel by Train
All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.
Italia Rail: Trenitalia
Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world
Chicago
O'Hare International Airport /Arrival
シカゴ ・市内郊外鉄道
2008年5月執筆 2009年10月英文加筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
The photographs were taken and the article was written in May 2008, unless otherwise noted,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Copyright (C) 2008 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.
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