What the new Purple Line looks like in action

The trains run on electric power via overhead wires; at 142 feet long, they are twice the length of a Metro car, hold 431 passengers and can go up to 55 miles per hour. They have wide doors and ...
Mass Transit

Purple Line Small Business Grant Program awards $500,000 in latest round of funding

The support program aims to aid business owners who may experience lower foot traffic due to the construction.

CTA’s Holiday Train brings lights, color through Evanston, Wilmette

At Wilmette’s Linden stop, Evanston families took photos after boarding the train. Geoff and Jessica Wayton of Evanston rode ...
ABC 7 Chicago

CTA Red Line, Purple service restored on North Side after train stalls

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Service on the CTA Red Line and Purple Line has been restored after a stalled train led to suspended service on the North Side Monday morning. Red Line service was suspended between ...
Yahoo

Red, Purple Line service resumes after man struck, killed by train

CHICAGO (WGN) — Service on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple lines was interrupted Tuesday morning after a man was struck and killed by an ‘L’ train on the city’s North Side. Police said ...