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Riders And Town Officials Not Eye To Eye On Cermak Corridor Bus Service
CHICAGO (WBBM) - West suburban officials have one idea about proposals to improve service on one of Pace’s most heavily-traveled bus routes. But riders in its focus groups have quite another. LISTEN:...
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Guardian Angels Patrol Area Near Fatal Shooting
CHICAGO (WBBM) — Members of the Guardian Angels are patrolling the pink line L stop where a Good Samaritan was fatally shot Monday night. Upwards of 30 Guardian Angels will be patrolling the Central...
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Purse-Snatcher Strikes While Guardian Angels Patrol Area
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Guardian Angels are out Wednesday night, escorting commuters on the Pink Line after a deadly attack. CBS 2′s Pamela Jones reports that another woman was robbed near the scene...
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Man Hit By CTA Train On West Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – CTA Pink Line trains on the Southwest Side and Blue Line trains on the West Side have resumed Saturday morning following two separate medical emergencies — including a man being struck...
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CTA Provides Shuttle, Bus Service For Chicago Auto Show
CHICAGO (STMW) - The CTA will operate special shuttle buses for people attending the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, and will provide service during all show hours on three regular bus routes. The 2011 Chicago...
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Plans Move Ahead For New Stops On CTA Yellow, Green/Pink Lines
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Transit Authority is moving forward with plans for a new stop on the Yellow Line in Skokie, as well as on the Orange and Pink lines along Lake Street on the Near West Side....
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Best Date Spots Off The “L”
An elevated Chicago Transit Authority train (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images) According to a recent article, the Chicago ‘L’ is the nation’s most romantic transit system. I must get stuck on the wrong...
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Orange, Pink Line Trains Rerouted In Loop On Sunday
CHICAGO (STMW) – Orange and Pink Line trains will be rerouted Downtown Sunday for structural maintenance work in the Loop. The trains will operate counterclockwise on the Outer Loop from 4:30 a.m....
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CTA Rider: Reroute Loop Trains To Reduce Delays
CHICAGO (WBBM) – If you’re tried of sitting in delays on the Loop ‘L,’ a fellow rider has a plan to speed things up. James Pauly is not a transit engineer, but he said it’s obvious to any regular rider...
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CTA Unveils New Rail Cars, Will Debut On Pink Line
CHICAGO (CBS) – The CTA on Tuesday unveiled its new rail cars, which will debut on the Pink Line. The trains will have wider, roomier cars, digital destination signs and security cameras. After a...
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Citing ‘Caution,’ CTA Pulls 40 Rail Cars From Pink Line
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Transit Authority has pulled 40 new rail cars from service because of a problem with a part on the so-called “5000-Series” model, which has been used on the Pink Line. The...
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CTA To Begin Reconstruction Of Loop Tracks This Weekend
CHICAGO (CBS) – CTA Brown, Orange and Pink Line riders are in for delays and reroutes this weekend, as the CTA begins the latest phase of track reconstruction on the Loop elevated train tracks....
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After Fixing Flaws, CTA Reintroduces New Pink Line Trains
CHICAGO (WBBM) – CTA’s newest ‘L’ cars will be reintroduced on the Pink Line beginning Sunday, but you will have to look hard to find them. Even though CTA has more than 50 of the newly manufactured...
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CTA Construction Means More Delays, Station Closings
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Construction work means delays and station closings for CTA ‘L’ riders in the Loop and at one north side Red Line station. The Washington/Wells, Quincy/Wells and Harold Washington...
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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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