This afternoon two famous, jolly men were spotted riding the CTA Holiday Train on the Pink Line route: St. Nick and Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker.
Read the backstory of the Holiday Train, a beloved 31-year-old Chicagoland transit tradition, and tips on riding it, in this Streetsblog article from last week. When we heard the governor would be riding the Yuletide-themed Pink run from the 54th/Cermak terminal in west-suburban Cicero, Streetsblog sent writer Cameron Bolton headed to the station in hopes of buttonholing him with the following question.
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