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 ArticleRiders 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:...
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...
View ArticleMale 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 ArticleCiting ‘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...
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...
View ArticlePolice 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...
View ArticlePolice 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...
View ArticlePolice 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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