{"id":572,"date":"2016-11-21T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2016-11-21T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T19:14:28","slug":"new-elves-workshop-train-joins-cta-holiday-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/new-elves-workshop-train-joins-cta-holiday-train\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;Elves&#8217; Workshop Train&#8217; Joins CTA Holiday Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new &#8220;Elves&#8217; Workshop Train&#8221; will follow the popular CTA holiday train through Chicago this winter, according to the Chicago Transit Authority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the holiday train, the elves&#8217; train will be adorned with garland, bows, and wintry scenes as &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Elves&#8221; hand out candy canes to riders. The six-car elf train will debut Nov. 26 and follow the holiday train every Saturday the holiday train is in service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe CTA holiday train\u00a0and bus are iconic Chicago traditions that are enjoyed by thousands every year,\u201d Dorval Carter, Jr., CTA&#8217;s president, said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to expand on that strong Chicago tradition by offering the new\u00a0Elves\u2019 Workshop\u00a0Train, which will allow even more customers to experience this unique holiday happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CTA will also roll out its annual holiday bus\u00a0starting Nov. 29 on the No. 56 Milwaukee Avenue Bus. The full bus schedule can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CTA riders can track the holiday train and bus by using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/mobile\/traintracker.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">CTA Train Tracker<\/a>\u00a0or clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/transitchicago.com\/holidaybustracker.\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new &#8220;Elves&#8217; Workshop Train&#8221; will follow the popular CTA holiday train through Chicago this winter, according to the Chicago Transit Authority. Like the holiday train, the elves&#8217; train will be adorned with garland, bows, and wintry scenes as &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Elves&#8221; hand out candy canes to riders. The six-car elf train will debut Nov. 26 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/new-elves-workshop-train-joins-cta-holiday-train\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New &#8216;Elves&#8217; Workshop Train&#8217; Joins CTA Holiday Train<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1613867_630x354.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}