Five-Month Shutdown Looming For South End Of CTA Red Line
It's almost the end of the line for Red Line service on the South Side ahead of a massive construction project slated to begin on Sunday.
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It's almost the end of the line for Red Line service on the South Side ahead of a massive construction project slated to begin on Sunday.
An 85-year-old man trying to catch a Blue Line train was injured and his wallet and credit cards stolen downtown on Thursday.
Nearly 100,000 Chicago Public Schools students would have to find a new way to get to class starting next week, once the CTA shuts down the south end of the Red Line for a major track overhaul.
The 2 Investigators reviewed hundreds of CTA security bulletins from the last 2 ½ years. CBS 2's Dave Savini reports.
In one week, on May 19, the CTA will shut down the south end of the Red Line for five months of reconstruction. Some riders are ready, others are not.
The Red Line and Brown Line resumed service on Thursday afternoon after a train car derailed on the North Side, creating a commuter nightmare for riders trying to get downtown.
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Police said the woman, who is in her 20s, was about to exit the #29/State bus at 500 E. Illinois St., near Navy Pier around 10:30 p.m. Monday.
One set of CTA 'L' riders waved construction hassles goodbye Monday as another braced for the May 19 start of one of the largest reconstruction projects in CTA history.
CTA President Forrest Claypool said the customer service reps will offer a stable presence at CTA stations, and know the community where they work.
Service on CTA Brown and Purple line trains returned to normal Monday morning after work crews rebuilding the Wells Street Bridge finished a major phase of construction.
Service was halted for nearly an hour Friday morning on a section of the CTA Blue Line, after a body was found under a grate in the subway.
38,000 CTA riders are getting ready for a commute shake-up Monday
CTA's Purple Line has seemingly become one big slow zone. It's about to become a construction zone,
A big commuter headache returns tonight, with the closure of the Wells Street bridge.
An unidentified man was found dead outside a CTA bus barn on the South Side.
The second phase of reconstruction of the Wells Street Bridge begins Friday night.
A 16-mile stretch of Ashland Avenue will be the city's first target for bus rapid transit, with a plan for high-speed buses from 95th Street to Irving Park Road announced Friday at a cost of about $10 million per mile.
The Chicago Police Bomb and Arson determined early Friday that a "suspicious" package left at a North Side CTA station was not, in fact, a threat.
Flooding has caused the CTA to reroute several buses.
A man who reportedly threatened to blow up a Blue Line CTA train was detained briefly on Tuesday morning.
Red Line trains were rerouted Monday afternoon because of a small rubbish fire in a Loop subway, but normal service resumed prior to the evening rush.
The countdown is on: In just about a month, the CTA will begin the Red Line reconstruction project.
Eight people were taken to hospitals after an accident involving a CTA bus and two cars at Chicago and Pulaski this morning, reports WBBM's Steve Miller.
A teen was sentenced to 32 years in prison Friday after admitting he pushed a woman to her death on a CTA staircase after stealing another commuter's iPhone, the Sun-Times is reporting.
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The victim was found unresponsive in the alley at 64th and Drexel Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
One person was injured as Chicago firefighters battled frigid temperatures to put out a house fire Monday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
Chicago police are searching for three people who robbed a CTA passenger on a Red Line train last month in Englewood.
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A jewelry store in Chicago's Little India district was robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening.
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The victim was found unresponsive in the alley at 64th and Drexel Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Chicago police issued a warning about a string of vehicle break-ins involving Honda Civics on the South Side.
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A judge and his wife were shot and wounded in their home over the weekend in Lafayette, Indiana.
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A judge and his wife were shot and wounded in their home over the weekend in Lafayette, Indiana.
A jewelry store in Chicago's Little India district was robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening.
A man was arrested and charged this weekend with a string of armed robberies and burglaries within a period of just over an hour earlier this month in Chicago.
The ages of the victims range from 17 to 40, according to Chicago police.
