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Latest Update: December 6, 2009
- State/Van Buren station profile updated with new info and 12 new photos
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- Dorchester station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos
- Marshfield station profile updated with new info and 4 new photos
- Car assignments page updated
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"L"
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- ‘No Major Delays’ After First Day of Cuts, CTA Says [February 9: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Transit System Is Winter Storm-Ready, Chief Insists [February 9: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Snow, CTA Cuts Could Leave Commuters Struggling [February 8: Chicago Tribune]
- Quinn Searches for New Running Mate; CTA Cuts Take Effect [February 8: Crain's Chicago Business]
- Green Line Panhandler Arrested Again [February 8: Chicago Tribune]
- Riders to Feel Steep CTA Cuts Monday [February 8: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Deep CTA Cuts Take Effect [February 8: WBBM 780 AM]
- CTA's Doomsday Service Faces Its First Rush Hour [February 8: Chicago Tribune]
- CTA Service Reductions and Layoffs Implemented Today [February 7: CTA Press Release]
- CTA Riders Experiencing Long Waits After 'Doomsday' Service Cuts [February 7 : Chicago Tribune]
- CTA Riders Begin to Feel the Pinch of Budget Cuts [February 7: Chicago Breaking News Center]
- CTA Service Cuts Begin Today as Talks Continue [February 7: Chicago Sun-Times]
- CTA Service Cuts Take Effect [February 7: WBBM 780 AM]
- Female Struck by Train in West Loop: Police [February 7: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Restructured CTA Bus and Train Schedules Begin Sunday [February 6: CTA Press Release]
- CTA-Union Talks Resume, But Too Late to Stop Cuts [February 6: Chicago Sun-Times]
- CTA Bus Barn Shut As Bus, Train Cuts Loom [February 6: Chicago Breaking News Center]
- CTA: Plan Trips As Service Cuts Take Effect [February 6: AP / Chicago Tribune]
- Chicago Transit Authority Cuts Service [February 6: AP / WBBM 780 AM]
- Man Struck, Killed by Red Line Train [February 6: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Man Struck by Red Line Train: Police [February 6: STMW / WBBM 780 AM]
- CTA Cuts Start Sunday After Last-minute Talks Fail [February 5: Chicago Breaking News Center]
- How Will CTA Cuts Affect You? [February 5: Chicago Sun-Times]
- CTA Cuts Back Service This Weekend [February 5: CBS / WBBM 780 AM]
- Reduced CTA Service Set to Start Sunday, February 7 [February 4: CTA Press Release]
- Daley Makes Last-ditch Plea to Avert CTA Service Cuts [February 4: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Daley Urges CTA Unions to Make Concessions [February 4: Chicago Breaking News Center]
- Panhandler Who Regularly Works CTA Green Line Arrested 178 Times [February 4: Chicago Tribune]
- Arbitrator Gives CTA Go-Ahead to Cut Jobs [February 4: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Arbitrator OKs CTA Layoffs Starting Sunday [February 3: Chicago Breaking News Center]
- After Crash, CTA Board Member Says She'll Take Mass Transit Next Time It Snows [February 3: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Man Falls onto CTA Tracks on West Side [February 2: Chicago Sun-Times]
- CTA 'Doomsday' Bluster Loses Its Luster [February 1: Chicago Tribune]
- CTA Chief: We'll Take Union's Furlough Days Offer [January 31: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Plan Ahead for Overnight Red, Blue Line Construction [January 31: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Powerful Labor Leader Urges CTA Unions to Save Jobs [January 29: Chicago Sun-Times]
- No Stopping CTA Cuts, Daley Says [January 28: Chicago Sun-Times]
- Man Falls Off Subway Platform [January 27: STMW / WBBM 780 AM]
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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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