Brown Line And Purple Line Service Resumes After Apparent Train Collision Near Sedgwick
The CTA said Brown and Purple line trains have stopped near the Sedgwick station, due to an "incident involving a train."
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The CTA said Brown and Purple line trains have stopped near the Sedgwick station, due to an "incident involving a train."
There were heavy delays on the Red and Purple lines after a shooting on Monday afternoon following a shooting at the Argyle CTA stop, according to Chicago police.
Monday, March 18 is "Transit Driver Appreciation Day," and the CTA is celebrating its employees with a series of tweets highlighting its bus drivers and train operators.
The CTA is reporting "major delays" after an incident on the Red Line near Rogers Park Sunday.
Service on the Red, Brown, and Purple lines has been disrupted, after a train hit a person at the Belmont station Monday morning. CTA officials said passengers on the Red, Brown, and Purple lines should expect major delays Monday morning.
"This grant funding will ensure the CTA's aging infrastructure can keep pace with the growing demand for its services."
The elevated structure would separate Brown Line tracks from Red and Purple Line tracks just north of Belmont, eliminating a bottleneck for CTA trains, and speeding up the commute on the North Side.
According to the Fire Department, the body of a 20-year-old man was found on the 'L' tracks just south of Fullerton around 6:30 a.m.
A signal problem near the Clark/Lake station has disrupted or delayed service on the Brown, Pink, Orange, Green and Purple lines.
President Barack Obama has approved nearly $1.1 billion in federal grant funding for the CTA to improve sections of the Red, Brown, and Purple lines on the North Side.
The CTA Purple Line service was restored between Linden and Central after a branch near the tracks was removed Monday afternoon.
Chicago aldermen have approved the creation of a new TIF district to help secure $1.1 billion in federal funding for projects to modernize the Red and Purple Lines on the North Side.
With a funding source in place, CTA can apply for $1 billion in federal matching funds for the work, about half the cost of the project.
CTA Purple and Red line trains are operating Friday with residual delays after an earlier fire near Wilson.
Police in north suburban Evanston released photos Saturday of three people suspected of trying to rob two Northwestern University students — one of them successfully — early Friday near a Purple Line CTA station.
Once completed, the $90 million rehabilitation will provide smoother, more reliable rides for the more than 40,000 customers who ride Purple Line Express and Brown Line trains each weekday, according to a statement from the CTA.
For six weeks, CTA will test a mid-evening Purple Line Express train.
The CTA's ambitious $1.7 billion Red and Purple Modernization project will be completed in two phases over four years, starting with the closure of the Lawrence and Berwyn stations for 18 months beginning in 2017.
Nearly two years of delays begin Monday morning for rush hour riders on the CTA's Red Line and Purple Express trains.
Starting March 9, when the next phase of the CTA's Wilson Station Reconstruction project begins, the westernmost of four tracks between Wilson and Belmont will be taken out of commission and the Purple Express trains that use it now will instead share a Red Line North track during the morning rush hour.
Service on the 'L' tracks in the Loop was back to normal Monday afternoon, after a major headache during the morning commute forced the CTA to reroute three train lines, and riders were delayed as long as 90 minutes.
Elevated train service on the CTA's Brown and Purple lines was suspended for nearly six hours Tuesday morning between the North Side and the Loop as firefighters put out an extra-alarm fire at a 124-year-old shuttered school in Lincoln Park.
CTA train service has been suspended between the North Side and the Loop as firefighters continue working to extinguish an extra-alarm fire Monday morning at a 124-year-old shuttered school in Lincoln Park.
CTA is restoring service after a train derailment halted trains in the Loop.
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said he's not yet ready to embrace the CTA's plans to build elevated bypass tracks that would eliminate a traffic bottleneck for three of its rail lines – the Red, Brown, and Purple – and speed up rush hour trains on the North Side.
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The suspect in the shooting of a man walking to synagogue last week is facing hate crime and terrorism charges.
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The South Side warehouse has more than 200 employees, according to the union that represents 75 members.
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A man was shot while walking to synagogue last weekend in the area, and the suspect has now been charged with terrorism and a hate crime. Charlie De Mar reports.
The man was able to get assistance from those inside the school, who rendered aid.
The suspect in the shooting of a man walking to synagogue last week is facing hate crime and terrorism charges.
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The suspect in the shooting of a man walking to synagogue last week is facing hate crime and terrorism charges.
The man was able to get assistance from those inside the school, who rendered aid.
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