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The CTA is set to begin planning for another set of new “L” cars, after the agency received $200 million in federal funding. The grant from the Federal Transit Administration, announced… ...
CRRC Sifang — the initials stand for China Railways Rolling Stock Corporation — won a $1.3 billion contract in 2016 to produce 846 new rail cars for the CTA; that’s about half the current fleet.
Construction is expected to begin in Chicago this week on a Chinese state-owned rail company’s assembly plant that will produce up to 846 new rail cars for the Chicago Transit Authority. The ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Acting on rider complaints, the CTA on Friday released the proposed seating configuration it will provide to manufacturers bidding on its next generation of 'L' cars. One major ...
The Chicago Transit Authority will bid farewell to its oldest passenger-rail cars. The CTA is retiring its 38-year-old 2400-series rail cars with eight cars of the series taking trips Wednesday ...
A CTA Blue Line train travels westbound toward the Harlem station in 2022. The agency is set to receive $200 million from the federal government to replace 300 of its rail cars.
The 2400-series CTA rail cars have been listed for $35,000 on Facebook Marketplace. But you have to go get them — and they weigh 54,000 pounds apiece. CTA rail cars for sale — in West Virginia ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- One person was killed and 13 other people were injured Wednesday evening when a stolen car slammed into another car and a CTA bus in the Washington Park neighborhood. The crash ...
Both violent and nonviolent crimes on CTA were up compared to last year, leading to a 42% increase in total crime through mid-August, according to Chicago police.
Ever wanted to own a CTA rail car? Now’s your chance — but you’ll have to leave Chicago. A Facebook marketplace seller in Charleston, West Virginia, has listed two 1970s CTA rail cars for ...