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  2. 2023 Chicago train crash - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Chicago (band) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967. The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency [1]) in 1968, then shortened the name 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 ...

  4. Ashland Bus Rapid Transit - Wikipedia

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    The Ashland Bus Rapid Transit is one of the planned bus rapid transit corridors in Chicago. The service will run on Ashland Avenue from Irving Park Road to 95th Street, a distance of approximately 17 miles. The route would serve various destinations including the Illinois Medical District, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Malcolm X ...

  5. Chicago "L" - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, and the third-busiest rapid transit system ...

  6. MTA Regional Bus Operations - Wikipedia

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    MTA Regional Bus Operations ( RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It was created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations in New York City operated by the MTA. As of February 2018, MTA Regional Bus Operations runs 234 local routes, 71 express routes, and 20 Select Bus Service routes.

  7. Stock Yards branch - Wikipedia

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    Stock Yards branch. The Stock Yards branch was a rapid transit line which was part of the Chicago 'L' system from 1908 to 1957. The branch served the Union Stock Yards and the Canaryville neighborhood of Chicago and consisted of eight elevated stations. It opened on April 8, 1908, and closed on October 6, 1957.

  8. Chicago - Wikipedia

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    0428803. Website. chicago .gov. Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

  9. The Loop (CTA) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...