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Following the incident, service on the Yellow Line was fully closed and replaced with bus service, initially announced to be for a period of five days. [7] Following the release of the NTSB's preliminary report, the CTA announced that it would reduce the speed limit on the Yellow Line from 55 mph (89 km/h) to 35 mph (56 km/h), and to 25 mph (40 km/h) in the area where the crash occurred. [15]
October 9 – United States – A tour bus taking Chicago-area passengers to the casinos of Tunica, Mississippi plunged off Interstate 55 in Arkansas, killing 15. [35] November 6 – United Kingdom – Ufton Nervet rail crash. A train hit a car and derailed, killing seven and injuring 71.
A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago occurred during the cloudy morning rush hour on October 30, 1972, and was the worst such crash in Chicago's history. Illinois Central Gulf Train 416, made up of newly purchased Highliners , overshot the 27th Street station on what is now the Metra Electric Line , and the engineer asked and ...
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The school bus, driven by a substitute driver, was stopped at a traffic light with the rearmost portion extending onto a portion of the railroad tracks when it was struck by a Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line train, train 624 en route to Chicago. [1] The crash involved a signaled rail crossing located very near a highway intersection which ...
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [190] [191] [192] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [193] [194] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [195] [196] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash; 1977 Chicago Loop derailment; D. Downers Grove train wreck; F. 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision; G. 1887 Great Chatsworth ...