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Red Line rides out first weekday of construction project
Commuting on the South Side changed fundamentally Monday. Yet at the same time, nothing changed. CTA Red Line trains were absent from the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway for the first weekday since the south branch opened almost 44 years ago, except...
Tags: Commuting, Hyde Park, Media Industry, Forrest Claypool, Twitter, Inc.
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Metra: Rock Island District service resumes after Amtrak derailment
Metra service on the Rock Island District line resumed this afternoon after an Amtrak train derailment block the Metra tracks at 16th Street, according to Metra. Metra trains were not allowed to enter or exit the LaSalle Street station due to the...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Railway Accidents, Amtrak
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MARC gets a boost
Last week presented the sort of opportunity that elected officials crave. As Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the gas tax increase into law, he announced a slew of new Maryland transportation projects — $1.2 billion in all — that can now move...
Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Transportation, Amtrak, Inner Harbor, Railway Transportation
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CTA officials, riders prepare for Red Line work
Tribune reporterMarie Drake was already displeased Sunday morning when she boarded a free shuttle bus near the 63rd Street Red Line station. The Chicago Transit Authority, she said, hadn’t done enough to explain the five-month shutdown of the Red Line’s Dan...Tags: Employees, Forrest Claypool, Career and Workplace, Chicago Transit Authority
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CTA Red Line Dan Ryan closure starts early Sunday
CTA Red Line riders who use the south leg of the north-south “L” line will have to find alternate transportation starting 2 a.m. Sunday. The line will be closed for five months south of the Roosevelt Road station for a $425 million track...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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Transit agencies look to keep South Side moving during CTA work
The time for campaigning is about to end. Now the hard work — delivering on promises made to 80,000 daily CTA Red Line customers who will lose a vital transportation lifeline for five months — is set to begin Sunday. Public outreach for...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Chicago State University, Elections, Career and Workplace, Forrest Claypool
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Signal problems delay Metra Union Pacific lines
Trains on Metra's Union Pacific lines ware being delayed by as much as an hour late this afternoon because of computer signal problems. Commuters on all three Union Pacific lines--West, North and Northwest--should expect delays of at least a half-hour...
Tags: Union Pacific Corporation
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Boy struck by train returns to school
Special to the TribuneTwo months after he was struck by a train and lost his foot, Dominic Szymanski surprised his classmates at his Barrington school today, his first visit since the accident. More than 300 students at Hough Street Elementary School were gathered for an...Tags: Physical Therapy, Health Treatments
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In Boston, Wi-Fi response 'tremendous'
Boston's commuter rail passengers have had the benefit of wireless Internet aboard their trains for years, unlike their Metra brethren in Chicago. The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad provides Wi-Fi on 258 of its 410 coaches, through a deal signed...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Amtrak, Boston
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Choose your adventure: Red Line shutdown
RedEyeHere comes the pain—but not the train. It's finally arrived, CTA riders. The CTA on Sunday will shut down the Red Line between Cermak-Chinatown and 95th Street for five months to overhaul the track. The agency is offering various alternatives from...Tags: Services and Shopping, CTA Ventra Card, U.S. Cellular Field, Vehicles, McKinley Park
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Cost has Metra leery of Wi-Fi
Reading newspapers and books or taking naps were once the prime pastimes for Metra customers. Now nearly half the riders are using personal electronic devices like laptops, smartphones, iPads and Kindles, and that percentage has doubled since 2010, a...
Tags: Advertising, Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Public Transportation, Computer Hardware
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