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If you know where you need
to go and when, you can use this page to plan your trip. First, use the System Maps
to plan your route, keeping in mind that there can be more than one route. Then use the Train Schedules or Bus Schedules to make sure the bus or train is
running when you plan on riding. If you have any further questions please call the RTA
Travel Information Center at (312) 836-7000. Incidentally,
Chicago holds an important place in the history of transportation schedules. It was here
that the heads of all the major railroads met in the 1880s to adopt the Standard Time
System, still in use today. Previously, time had been established locally based on
"high noon," resulting in hundreds of local times, making a mess of regional and
national train schedules. Even though the new system was instituted just for the
railroads, it was adopted by most states almost immediately and finally officially adopted
by the U.S. government almost fifty years later. Transportation systems around the country
have been working to be "On Time" ever since. |
