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You won't hear a ton from this account until the end of the year, but I wanted to post about my new project, a CTA smoker tracker.

ctasmokers.com is now live!

This only works if riders contribute, so if someone smoking on your train, report it! Additional updates will be on @ctasmokers.bsky.social

For some reason the train on the Yellow Line wasn’t able to be tracked today.

Nonetheless, thank you for another great year and Happy Holidays!

Keep tracking those trains and buses! I’ve got some exciting site upgrades planned for next year cta4j.app

Purple Line train to Howard will be arriving at Wilson at 7:21 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Howard will be arriving at Main at 7:09 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Howard will be arriving at Noyes at 6:59 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Linden will be arriving at Noyes at 5:09 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Morse at 4:48 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Argyle at 4:39 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Sheridan at 4:29 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Belmont at 4:20 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at North/Clybourn at 4:10 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Grand at 4:00 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Roosevelt at 3:49 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at Sox-35th at 3:39 PM 🎅

Red Line train to Howard will be arriving at 69th at 3:29 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at 79th at 1:59 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Garfield at 1:50 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Cermak-Chinatown at 1:40 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Lake at 1:29 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Clark/Division at 1:20 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Belmont at 1:09 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Wilson at 12:59 PM 🎅

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Thorndale at 12:49 PM 🎅

CTA Holiday Train on the tracks

Red Line train to 95th/Dan Ryan will be arriving at Morse at 12:41 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Howard will be arriving at Wilson at 6:57 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Howard will be arriving at Howard at 6:49 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Linden will be arriving at Central at 6:22 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Linden will be arriving at Foster at 6:19 PM 🎅

Purple Line train to Linden will be arriving at Howard at 6:07 PM 🎅