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The Chicago Surface Lines was primarily a trolley operation, with approximately 3100 streetcars on the roster at the time of the CTA takeover. [16] It purchased small lots of motor buses, [17] totaling 693 at the time of the CTA takeover, mostly consisting of smaller buses used on extension routes or to replace two-man streetcars on routes such as Hegewisch and 111th Street, because conductors ...
Brown Line 3200-Series train. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Brown Line (Fullerton~The Loop~Fullerton) includes 14 stations. A 4-car CTA3200 'L' rolling stock train is available on this line.
After the addition of Lee Loughnane , James Pankow , Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera , the band began performing initially as a cover band called The Big Thing (sometimes called The Big Sound), before settling on Chicago Transit Authority, which was soon shortened to Chicago because of threatened legal action by the actual Chicago Transit Authority.
The 1977 Chicago Loop derailment occurred on February 4, 1977, when a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another on the northeast corner of the Loop at Wabash Avenue and Lake Street during the evening rush hour.
The present system dates to 1974, when the Illinois General Assembly established the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to consolidate all public transit operations in the Chicago area, including commuter rail. The RTA's creation was a result of the anticipated failure of commuter service operated and owned by various private railroad ...
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 ...
A NovaBus LFS along CTA's Route 56. This is a list of bus routes operated by the Chicago Transit Authority.In 2023, the CTA bus system had a ridership of 161,699,200, or about 577,000 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority $30,788,666.00 $349,797,231.00 8.80% 2020 [56] Washington State Ferries $62,242,674.00 $270,557,025.00 23.01% 2020 [56] Sound Transit Formally: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority: 42% Zone & distance based 2017 [68] Pierce Transit: $54,164,161 $127,654,974 42% Flat rate 2021 [69] Albany ...