Holiday Train, Division Blue Line Station, Chicago
Holiday Train on the Blue Line, Chicago
Holiday Train on the Blue Line, Chicago
Last night we were waiting for the train on the Blue Line at Clark & Lake when what pulls in? The Holiday Train. Every year in December the CTA decorates a 6-car train with thousands of lights and features a flat car in the middle that carries Santa and his reindeer. The interiors of the cars are also decorated and loud Christmas music is pumped in so you can’t hear the conductor say the stops (not that we needed to hear that). There was even an elf, who looked pretty much the opposite of an elf except for her clothes, handing out candy to everyone onboard. I don’t know about you, but I think it must be hella scary for Santa to ride in on a flat bed through the dark subway tunnels!
The CTA has posted a schedule of when the holiday train will be on what line. It looks like your last chance is to catch it on the Red Line on Thursday.
See also:
» CTA Says Bye-Bye to Santa by Vouchey at Chicagoist
» The Holiday Train To Ride Again by Vouchey at Chicagoist
» Santa Train by Aaron Bailey (he says he saw it on the Belmont Red Line stop, but if you want to be nitpicky, the schedule says it was the Brown Line)
