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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.
The current service which was to become the Purple Line went into effect on July 31, 1949, after a massive service reorientation on the North–South rapid transit system by the still infant Chicago Transit Authority. Local service was restricted between Linden Avenue and Howard Street, operating at all times.
The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency) [1] in 1968, then shortened the name to its current one in 1969. Self-described as a " rock and roll band with horns ," their songs often also combine elements of classical music , jazz , R&B , and pop music .
Pace is the suburban bus and regional paratransit division of the Regional Transportation Authority serving the Chicago metropolitan area.It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to the CTA, Metra, and Pace.
Ventra is an electronic fare payment system for Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois) which replaced the Chicago Card and the Transit Card automated fare collection systems. Ventra (purportedly Latin for "windy," though the actual Latin word is ventosa ) [ 1 ] launched in August 2013, with a full system transition occurring in July 2014.
The Yellow Line, alternatively known as the Skokie Swift, is a branch of the Chicago "L" train system in Chicago, Illinois.The 4.7-mile (7.6 km) route runs from the Howard Terminal on the north side of Chicago, through the southern part of Evanston and to the Dempster Terminal in Skokie, Illinois, making one intermediate stop at Oakton Street in downtown Skokie.
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 April 2024, the branch served 40,341 passengers on an average weekday. [2]
The Blue Line is a 26.93-mile-long (43.34 km) Chicago "L" line which extends through The Loop from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through downtown via the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and across the West Side to its southwest end at Forest Park, with a total of 33 stations (11 on the Forest Park branch, 9 in the Milwaukee–Dearborn subway and 13 on the O ...