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7,200 mi (11,587.28 km) The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act. [1] RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
The Metra Police Department was created to protect the eleven rail lines and 242 stations in metropolitan Chicago's commuter rail system, Metra. The primary function of the Metra Police Department is to protect Metra passengers, employees, assets (trains and stations), enforce criminal laws, traffic laws and ordinances that directly or indirectly relate to the Metra system.
The Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 279,146,200, or about 908,400 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023. The CTA is an Illinois independent ...
Transit Expert Says Metra Ridership That Plummeted During Pandemic May Not Return - Chicago, IL - The transit service plans to use $705 million in federal money to balance its budget through 2024.
CHICAGO, IL — A Chicago Transit Authority employee was involved in a shooting early Saturday at the 95th Street and Dan Ryan Red Line Station on the South Side, according to CTA officials....
The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center ( / ˈoʊɡəlviː / ), on the site of the former Chicago and North Western Terminal, is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois. For the last century, this site has served as the primary terminal for the Chicago and North Western Railway and its successors Union Pacific and Metra.
Contents. Purple Line (CTA) A Loop-bound Purple Line train of 5000-series cars passes Bryn Mawr Avenue. Bus connections at all open stations except Foster, Noyes, and Wellington . The Purple Line of the Chicago "L" is a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route on the northernmost section of the system. The service normally begins from Linden in Wilmette and ...
Montrose is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. The station serves the Irving Park, Mayfair, and Portage Park neighborhoods. Blue Line trains run at intervals of 2–7 minutes during rush hour, and take 22 minutes to travel to the Loop. The station is located in the median of the Kennedy Expressway.
Central. / 42.063950; -87.685742. Central is a Purple Line station of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L' system. Located at 1024 Central Street in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 2600 north, 1000 west), the elevated platform sits above Central Street, half a block west of Ridge Avenue. The station itself, a Beaux-Arts structure ...
A train on the Metropolitan main line passes over the Chicago river. The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad (known as the Met or Polly "L" [2]) was the third elevated rapid transit line to be built in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first of Chicago’s elevated lines to be electrically powered. The main line ran from downtown Chicago to ...