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The Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 279,146,200, or about 908,400 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023. The CTA is an Illinois independent ...
7,200 mi (11,587.28 km) The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act. [1] RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
Contents. Purple Line (CTA) A Loop-bound Purple Line train of 5000-series cars passes Bryn Mawr Avenue. Bus connections at all open stations except Foster, Noyes, and Wellington . The Purple Line of the Chicago "L" is a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route on the northernmost section of the system. The service normally begins from Linden in Wilmette and ...
7000-series (CTA) The 7000-series of rail cars was ordered by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the Chicago "L". The base order is for 400 cars and will be used to replace the 2600-series cars, dating back to the 1980s, [3] which are currently assigned to the Blue, Brown, and Orange Lines. If the CTA ordered the additional 446 cars, these ...
At 10:39 a.m. local time (07:50 UTC) on November 16, 2023, a Yellow Line passenger train, carrying 30 passengers and 1 operator, approaching its terminal at Howard station at 26.9 mph (43.3 km/h) collided with stopped snow-removal equipment, carrying 6 employees, on the southern track. [2] [3] The front car of the two-car train was partially ...
The Loop. The Loop (historically Union Loop) is the 1.79-mile-long (2.88 km) circuit of elevated rail that forms the hub of the Chicago "L" system in the United States. As of 2022, the branch served 31,893 passengers every weekday. [2] The Loop is so named because the elevated tracks loop around a rectangle formed by Lake Street (north side ...
Paris Schutz. May 13, 2024 at 2:26 PM. CHICAGO - More than a dozen Chicago City Council members plan to back a resolution to remove the current Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) president. The ...
Green Line (CTA) A Cottage Grove-bound Green Line train of 5000-series cars approaching the Roosevelt station. The Green Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the only completely elevated route in the "L" system.