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Cops Rescue Man Who Tried To Jump From Elevated CTA Tracks
Updated 06/28/12 – 1:08 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Police officers rescued a man who nearly fell off of elevated Pink Line tracks on Thursday, after he walked along the tracks for several blocks, then...
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CTA’s Loop Problems May Not Be Entirely Fixed Until Saturday
(CBS) — Problems with switches at one of the busiest rail junctions on the CTA’s rapid transit system made a mess out of the homebound commute Friday evening and could mean delays until at least...
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Extra-Alarm Warehouse Fire Struck Out
CHICAGO (STMW) — AAn extra-alarm fire that burned for more than two hours Saturday afternoon at a warehouse building in the Lower West Side Pilsen neighborhood interrupted service on the CTA’s Pink...
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Police Release Photos Of Pink Line Robberies Suspect
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Police have released photos of a suspect involved in at least two robberies on the Pink Line. The robberies took place at 2019 S. Kostner on January 28, 2013 at...
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Wells Street Bridge Reconstruction To Disrupt CTA Service
CHICAGO (CBS) – The second phase of reconstruction of the Wells Street Bridge begins Friday night. The project will mean major disruptions on the CTA’s Brown Line and Purple Line heading into downtown...
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Pink Line Train, Car Collide In Cicero
CHICAGO (STMW) – CTA Pink Line trains are on the move again after a train and a car crashed Tuesday morning in west suburban Cicero. About 8:25 a.m., a train and a car collided on the Pink Line tracks...
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Pace To Offer New Express Service To Brookfield Zoo
WBBM 780’s Bob Roberts WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – Pace wants to make it easier this summer for CTA riders to get to the Brookfield Zoo. Pace express buses to and from the zoo will begin to...
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Loop Train Service Back To Normal After Derailment Caused Big Delays
Updated 06/18/14 – 6:05 a.m. (CBS) – Normal service has been restored on the Loop ‘L’ tracks, after a minor derailment Tuesday evening near the LaSalle/Van Buren stop caused major problems for the...
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Switching Problems Create Major CTA Delays In The Loop
Updated 01/26/15 – 1:20 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — 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...
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Woman Kidnapped, Held Captive For 3 Days In Abandoned Building
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150416130749930AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — Police were warning residents in the North Lawndale neighborhood, after a woman was kidnapped near a CTA station in...
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Police: Story Of Kidnapping Outside CTA Station Is A Hoax
Updated 9:30 p.m. April 16, 2015 (CBS) – Chicago police on Thursday night discredited a woman’s claims that she had been abducted outside a Lawndale transit station and held against her will. The...
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Woman Charged With Lying About Attack, Abduction
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150417090433757AA.mp4 CHICAGO (CBS) — A 39-year-old woman has been charged with filing a false police report, after allegedly lying about being attacked and...
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Pink Line Service Resumes After Earlier Flooding
Updated 08/18/15 – 8:12 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Service on the CTA Pink Line was returning to normal Tuesday morning, after trains were halted on a two-mile stretch of the route for more than seven hours,...
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Man Stabbed On Pink Line Platform
(STMW) — A man was stabbed and critically wounded Thursday morning on a CTA Pink Line platform on the Southwest Side. About 10:05 a.m., the 21-year-old man was stabbed in the chest, back and abdomen...
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Woman Struck And Killed By Pink Line Train
CHICAGO (STMW) — A woman was killed after she jumped in front of a Pink Line train near Kedzie Sunday night on the Southwest Side. The woman, thought to be in her 30s, jumped in front of the train...
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Pink Line Trains Rerouted For Signal Problems
CHICAGO (STMW) — Train service on the CTA’s Pink Line remains suspended Tuesday morning between Polk and the Loop due to signal problems. As of about 6:50 a.m., trains were operating about every 15...
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5 Killed, 39 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — Five people were killed and at least 39 more people were wounded in shootings across Chicago between Friday evening and early Monday. The most recent fatal shooting happened early...
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CTA Green, Pink Line Service Disrupted By Man On The Tracks
Police were called about 2:30 a.m. for reports of the man running back and forth on the tracks between Morgan and Carpenter, according to Chicago Police.
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Normal Service Resumes On CTA Pink And Green Lines After Man On Tracks
Police spent about several hours negotiating with the man after he was seen running along the tracks on Lake Street between Aberdeen and Morgan streets around 2:30 a.m.
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Two Teens Beaten, Robbed On Pink Line Train
Two teenagers were beaten and robbed on a Pink Line train Wednesday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. The boys, ages 18 and 17, were riding the train when the older boy was...
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Service Resuming After Signal Problems Hamper CTA In Loop
CHICAGO (CBS) — Signal problems are causing major CTA service disruptions and delays Friday morning in the Loop. A signal problem near the Clark/Lake station, first reported at 8:46 a.m., disrupted or...
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Police Seek Teen Who Robbed Two Passengers On CTA Trains
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police were searching for a teenage girl suspected of robbing at least two people on CTA trains on the Near West Side in the middle of the day. Investigators have released...
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Signal Problems Disrupt CTA Pink Line Service
CHICAGO (CBS) — Signal problems disrupted CTA Pink Line service downtown Thursday morning. Service was suspended about 4 a.m. between Polk and the Loop because of signal problems near the Ashland/Lake...
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Teen Charged With Robbing Two Women On Pink Line Trains
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 16-year-old girl has been charged with robbing two women on CTA Pink Line trains earlier this month, spraying one of the victims with pepper spray. Police said the girl stole a...
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Man Electrocuted On West Town ‘L’ Tracks
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man in his 20s was electrocuted early Friday when he climbed down onto the ‘L’ tracks at the Ashland/Lake CTA station in West Town, police said. Just before 2 a.m., he touched the...
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2 Injured When Car Crashes Into Pink Line Station On Southwest Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two people were taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed into a CTA Pink Line station in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 2:30 p.m., the car...
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Two In Custody After Car Hits CTA Pink Line Train In Cicero
CHICAGO (CBS) — A driver was injured early Thursday when a car struck a Pink Line train after driving around warning gates in west suburban Cicero. Around 2 a.m., a westbound Pink Line train was...
View Article70-Year-Old Fatally Struck By Pink Line CTA
CHICAGO (CBS)– A 70-year-old woman was fatally struck by a Pink Line CTA train, Monday just before 9 a.m. According to the CTA, Cicero resident Maria Torres attempted to cross the tracks near 22nd and...
View ArticleGreen And Pink Lines Delayed, After Medical Emergency On Near West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Service on the Green and Pink lines was delayed Thursday afternoon, after a person was struck and killed by a train on the elevated tracks in the Fulton River District neighborhood on...
View ArticleExtra-Alarm Fire Destroys Metal Plating Facility In Fulton Market District
CHICAGO (CBS) — A metal plating warehouse in the Fulton Market District will be torn down, after an extra-alarm fire early Thursday caused the roof to cave in and at least one wall to collapse. The...
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Male Suspect Wanted For Sexual Abusing Girl At Western Pink Line Platform
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police are searching for a male suspect who sexually abused a girl at the Western Pink Line platform Monday morning. (Credit: CPD) According to police, the suspect approached...
View ArticleTeen Demands Better CTA Security After Violent Robbery On Pink Line
CHICAGO (CBS) — A teen was recovering Thursday after a robbery on a Chicago Transit Authority train turned violent. As CBS 2’s Cesar Rodriguez reported, the suspects remained on the loose late Thursday...
View ArticlePolice: 2 Seriously Hurt When Pink Line Train Hits Car That Went Around...
CICERO, Ill. (CBS) — A CTA Pink Line train hit a car when its driver went around the crossing gates in Cicero late Thursday, leaving two teenage boys who had been in the car seriously injured. A...
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Police Search For 3 Suspects Who Robbed People At Kostner Pink Line Stop
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police this weekend were looking for three men who have been robbing Chicago Transit Authority train riders in Lawndale. The trio approached people who had just gotten off the Pink Line...
View ArticleBrown Line Reopens After Vehicle Hits Barrier At Kedzie; Separately,...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Brown Line was shut down from Albany Park to Lakeview for a period of time on Monday evening after a vehicle hit a concrete barrier at the Kedzie station. By 10 p.m., the Brown Line...
View ArticleCTA Service Resumes Tuesday; No Service In, Near Downtown
CHICAGO (CBS)– Chicago Transit Authority service will resume Tuesday morning, but not all routes will be running. At 6 a.m., bus and rail service will be available, however, service will not operate in...
View ArticleCTA Green, Pink And Brown Lines Delayed Due To Earlier Raised Bridge Downtown
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some CTA train lines are experiencing residual delays following an earlier raised bridge downtown. Brown, Green and Pink lines delays were all reported Saturday morning. Some Brown line...
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Police Search For Assailants Who Attacked, Robbed Man On Pink Line At Damen Stop
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police on Sunday were searching for multiple suspects in a robbery on the CTA Pink Line in Pilsen last week. The robbery happened at 11:45 p.m. Thursday on a Chicago Transit Authority...
View ArticleTrains In The Loop Delayed After CTA Reports ‘Minor Fire’
CHICAGO (CBS)– CTA trains in The Loop are running with residual delays after CTA reported a “minor fire at track level” Tuesday morning. The impacted train lines include the Purple, Pink, Green, Orange...
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Police Search For Suspects After Woman Had Phone Stolen On Pink Line, Was...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police issued a community alert this weekend after a woman had her cellphone stolen by a group of men on the CTA Pink Line in Lawndale and was then sexually assaulted in an alley. At...
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