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As CTA grapples with how to address crime, altercation on Red Line train leaves passenger unsettled
The agency said riders who feel unsafe can call 911, or if they cannot do so leave the railcar at the next stop or flag down a CTA employee for help. On trains, they can use intercom units to call ...
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NTSB Yellow Line crash report finds CTA disabled a braking feature, contributing to collision
A federal investigation into a CTA Yellow Line crash has found the transit agency disabled one automatic braking feature on the popular model of railcar involved, contributing to the 2023 collision.
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One year after Yellow Line crash, effects linger for riders, Skokie and CTA
which is CTA’s most common railcar model — and simulated tests involving that type of train. Agency officials have interviewed the train operator, employees on the snowplow, some of the ...
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Today in Chicago History: ‘A slow-motion horror’ in the Loop kills 11 in CTA derailment during rush hour
Email us. Authorities said a crash occurred about 5:25 p.m. on Feb. 4, 1977, when an eight-car westbound Lake-Dan Ryan CTA train (now parts of the Green and Red lines) rounded the curve at Lake ...
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NTSB Yellow Line crash report finds CTA disabled a braking feature, contributing to collision
A federal investigation into a CTA Yellow Line crash has found the transit agency disabled one automatic braking feature on the popular model of railcar involved, contributing to ...