After years of construction, a complete shutdown and then a limited schedule, the “people mover” train at O’Hare International Airport is resuming 24-hour service.
in November, operating at first from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., with schedule adjustments since then.
The revamped and extended train includes a larger fleet of cars that can run more frequently and an upgraded automatic train control system that increased the number of passengers the system could transport.The fleet has been expanded from 15 cars to 36 cars. Service operates every three minutes, and each three-car train can carry 147 passengers.
Construction on the people mover was initially supposed to be substantially complete by December 2018, and service interruptions were supposed to be kept to a minimum during construction. But the project soon devolved into delays, finger-pointing and contract disputes,
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