Reported Smoke Sends Fire Crews To Blue Line
The CTA Blue Line cleared out on the Northwest Side early Friday, after a report of smoke in a subway tunnel.
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The CTA Blue Line cleared out on the Northwest Side early Friday, after a report of smoke in a subway tunnel.
A west suburban woman had a blood alcohol level of .188 when she crashed a Jeep into a median early Friday, sending the vehicle flying over freight tracks onto the CTA Blue Line tracks in west suburban Oak Park.
Overnight Blue Line riders should allow extra travel time this week as track construction is expected to cause minor delays.
Parts of the CTA Blue Line were shut down early Friday, after a car flipped off an overpass onto the tracks.
Blue Line trains in both directions will operate on the same track between the Grand and LaSalle stations from 11 p.m. until 4 a.m As a result, passengers must board and exit all trains on the O'Hare-bound side of the platform.
Overnight Blue Line riders should allow extra travel time this week as track construction is expected to cause minor delays.
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Chicago Transit Authority President Rich Rodriguez apologized Thursday after many CTA trains were delayed or crowded to capacity when commuters began returning to work in the wake of this week's blizzard.
Late night Blue Line riders should allow extra travel time early this week as construction will cause boarding changes at three Near North Side stations.
Emergency crews are responding to a report of smoke in a Loop subway Monday afternoon.
Blue Line trains in both directions will operate on the same track between the Damen and Clark/Lake stations while crews perform track maintenance, according to the CTA's website.
A man was hospitalized early this morning, after accidentally falling onto the 'L' tracks in the middle of the Eisenhower Expressway.
A fire that started near the train tracks in a subway tunnel where the CTA's Blue Line runs has been extinguished in the Logan Square neighborhood Sunday morning on the Northwest Side.
Smoke from a switchbox heater sent fire crews to a Blue Line subway station in the Loop this morning, but no injuries were reported.
Reports of smoke in the Belmont Blue Line subway station sent several firefighters and ambulances to the Northwest Side, but turned out to be unfounded.
Fire crews were sent out this morning after smoke was found on the tracks on the CTA Blue Line.
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Almost 24 hours after a derailment made a mess of the Red, Purple, and Yellow lines in Chicago, the CTA continued to investigate the cause of the incident, and experts were raising concerns about what they called a troubling pattern.
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Economists say Americans should expect elevated prices at the pump and rising grocery costs in the months to come.
The Illinois Department of Transportation is closing nearly all ramps at the I-80/Chicago Street interchange in Joliet until 2028 as part of their long-term renovation project along that highway.
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