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Latest Update: March 30,
2008
- Southport
and Diversey profiles updated
- Pulaski
(Hamlin) Tower profile added.
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News
Headlines
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- Weekend Work on Loop
Elevated Reroutes Green, Brown, Orange, Pink and
Red Line Trains [May
8: CTA
Press Release]
- Blue Line Service from
Harlem to Rosemont Temporarily Suspended this
Weekend for Slow Zone Work
[May 8:
CTA
Press Release]
- Temporary Red Line Subway
Closure Between Cermak/Chinatown and Fullerton
Scheduled This Weekend
[May 8:
CTA
Press Release]
- CTA Red Line in Line for
Weekend Detour Because of Track Work
[May
8: Chicago
Tribune]
- Work Begins to Replace
Loop Train Control System on Elevated Line
[May 6:
CTA
Press Release]
- Track, Signal Work to
Start This Week in the Loop
[May
6: Chicago
Tribune]
- Gamemaker sues to lift
CTA's ban on ads for 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
[May
6: Chicago
Tribune]
- CTA sued over Grand Theft
Auto ads [May
5: Crain's
Chicago
Business]
- CTA's Bumpy Passage
[May 5:
Chicago
Sun-Times]
- Work Halts Weekend Blue
Line Service [May
3: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- Parents of Girl Killed in
Chinatown CTA Crash Sue Driver
[May 3:
WBBM
780 AM]
- Main Entrance at
Cermak-Chinatown Red Line Station Reopens
[May 2:
CTA
Press Release]
- Family of 18-Year-Old
Killed When Truck Hit Station Sues Driver, Truck
Company [May
2: Chicago
Tribune]
- CTA Station Where Truck
Crashed Fully Reopens
[May
2: Chicago
Tribune]
- Free CTA Rides for
Military Start Thursday
[May
1: Chicago
Tribune]
- CTA to Cut 100 Office
Jobs, Offer Free Rides to Military
[May 1:
Chicago
Sun-Times]
- CTA May Build Wall at
Chinatown Stop [May
1: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- Active Uniformed U.S.
Military Personnel Ride Free on CTA Starting May
1 [April
30: CTA
Press Release]
- Northbound Red Line
Subway Trains to Temporarily Reroute to Elevated
Tracks for Weekend Work
[April
30: CTA
Press Release]
- Blue Line Service from
Harlem to Rosemont Temporarily Suspended this
Weekend for Slow Zone Work
[April
30: CTA
Press Release]
- CTA Crash Probe Looks at
Driver's Record, Why He Was in Chicago
[April
29: Chicago
Tribune]
- Trucker Had Rx of Someone
Else [April
29: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- Trucker In 'L' Station
Crash Shows Strange Behavior
[April
29: CBS
Ch. 2 / WBBM 780
AM]
- It's Time for CTA Spring
Cleaning [April
29: Red
Eye]
- Trucker Cited in Fatal
Crash at 'L' Station
[April
28: Chicago
Tribune]
- Truck Driver Cited for
Fatal CTA Crash [April
28: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- CTA Closes Blue Line
Branch [April
28: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- Trial Closing of Blue
Line's Cermak Branch Starts
[April
27: Chicago
Tribune]
- Crash Probe Focuses on
Driver's Log Book: Source
[April
27: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- 2 South Side Women Killed
in Fri. Crash, Questions Loom
[April
27: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- CTA May Have to Hike
Fares Even With Increased State Aid, Transit
Chief Says [April
26: Chicago
Tribune]
- Huberman Hints at CTA
Fare Hikes [April
26: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- 2 Killed, 21 Hurt as
Truck Slams into Red Line Stop
[April
26: Chicago
Sun-Times]
- UPDATE: Deadly Semi Crash
into Red Line Station
[April
26: WBBM
780 AM]
- Design of
Cermak-Chinatown Red Line Station Offered Little
Protection From Crashing Truck
[April
26: Chicago
Tribune]
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Additional
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Historic
Station Tours:
Chicago-L.org
and the Chicago
History Museum
provide tours of Chicago's historic rapid transit
stations, visiting several of Chicago's oldest,
most unique, and most architecturally interesting
rapid transit facilities, with tours and lectures
given at each site.
Mishaps
and Unusual Occurrences:
Described here
are some of the accidents, mishaps, and uncustomary
circumstances that have befallen the
"L"™.
Frequently
Asked Questions:
A compilation
of common queries.
Vocabulary
of the "L"™:
Learn an
automatic train signal from a "fool catcher" with
our list of vocabulary words and
phrases.
Fares
of the "L"™:
A History of
fares, tickets, collection equipment, and
more!
Posters
and Advertisements:
Check out 1920s
CRT posters advertising the sights and scenes that
Chicagoans could see by taking the elevated and
other ads.
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