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Originally Posted by ardecila
The Blue Line is maxed out right now. The power system won't allow CTA to add more trains. A fix is probably 4-6 years away, optimistically. The only thing CTA can do in the meantime is rip out the seats and cram more people in. At some point the infrastructure will put a cap on growth.
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The 2600 series cars on the line should have been reconfigured to longitudinal seating by now. Even with coming new cars and a traction power upgrade it will still be too long before there is new capacity and developers are still building in the meantime.