CTA’s Train Tracker Beefs Up Features

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Transit Authority teamed up Wednesday to announce the new and improved CTA Train Tracker.

New features include a more efficient way to find train stops as well as an improved train schedule. The CTA says the popular tracker receives more than 2 million web page and data requests each month.

“CTA Train Tracker has been very popular with our customers, and we’re pleased to expand the features of this easy-to-use technology to increase its usefulness to passengers,” said CTA President Forrest Claypool in a statement.

“The information available through CTA Train Tracker helps thousands of riders plan and manage their commutes every day, and planning those trips just became easier.” 

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New CTA Train Tracker features include:

• “Follow this train” allows you to click or tap on an approaching train on CTA Train Tracker and get estimates of how many minutes it will take to get to each of the upcoming stops.
• “Stops near me” lets customers with GPS-enabled devices detect the closest stations to your location.
• Station name search will allow you to quickly get station information by typing in just part or all of a station name, instead of having to scroll down a screen to find a stop.
• Improved schedule-based information will provide more information for customers who travel off-peak or begin their trips at/near terminals.
• New train location map lets you see where trains are, in near-real-time, on an interactive desktop map. Click on a station and get train arrival information; or, click on a train and find out the estimated number of minutes it will take to get to the next several rail stations. CTA also currently offers this feature on CTA Bus Tracker to allow customers to see where buses are.
• Updated stop selector on both the desktop and mobile versions— a streamlined interface  that makes it easier to get the train information you need how you want it – by rail line; by your favorite or recent stops; or through the new “Stops near me” function.