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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]
In 1977, when the crash occurred, there were four lines operating on the Loop, each in a different direction. The Ravenswood Line (current Brown Line) operated counter-clockwise around the outer track, while the Evanston Express (current Purple Line) and Loop Shuttle operated clockwise opposite from the Ravenswood trains on the inner track.
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 ...
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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 ...
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [192] [193] [194] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [197] [198] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.
On March 24, 2014, a Chicago "L" train crashed at O'Hare station, injuring 34 people. A Blue Line train entering the station, the line's terminus, crashed into a bumper block and ran up an escalator after the operator fell asleep at the controls. The crash caused over $11 million in damage and halted service to O'Hare station for 6 days.
Chicago gangbangers rage against newly arrived Venezuelan migrants as Tren de Aragua moves in: ‘City is going to go up in flames’ Dana Kennedy September 22, 2024 at 5:00 AM