The planned CTA station will feature wider platforms, new elevators for full ADA accessibility, a glass canopy and improved ...

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Chicago-area residents and visitors will have to find alternative modes of transportation in the Loop, as trains on four different CTA lines will not be operating in the downtown area. Elevated rail ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- CTA trains are operating as normal again Friday morning, after a Brown Line fire in the Loop. CFD said in a post on X just before 7:45 a.m. that the fire in the 200-block of South ...

The State/Lake elevated station in Chicago will be demolished and reconstructed into a new, fully accessible rail hub with ...

The 120-year-old State/Lake elevated CTA station will close Jan. 5, 2026, for a full reconstruction. The project will take ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Nearly 500,000 people ride Chicago Transit Authority 'L' trains every day. "It's very convenient, efficient, cost-effective for sure," said Adrian Vasquez. The CTA also advertises its ...

Dennis McClendon was a self-taught mapmaker whose work can be found in the 2004 “Encyclopedia of Chicago” and in CTA trains and stations across the city. McClendon ran his own mapmaking firm, Chicago ...

Editor's Note: A person of interest was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. Our latest update can be found here. Our original story continues below. A woman is in critical condition after police ...

CHICAGO - A 26-year-old woman was critically injured Monday night after a man set her on fire during an argument on a CTA train in the Loop.