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Posts in category "Slow zone work"

Slow zone repair work coming soon for north and south ends of CTA's Red Line

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On the Dan Ryan branch of the CTA Red Line, 30 percent of the track requires slow zones for safe operations, according to the March slow zone map. There are more than 101,000 linear track feet of slows zones on the Dan Ryan branch, accounting for 22 percent of all slow zones systemwide. The map... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
April 9, 2012 at 7:03 pm
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CTA gets federal grant to fix slow zones on Blue Line

The final stretch of slow zones on the Blue Line between the Loop and O’Hare Airport will be eliminated under a $20 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant. The money will be used to repair slow zones on 3.6 miles of Blue Line track between Damen and Belmont, the Tribune reports... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
December 12, 2011 at 3:04 pm
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Claypool "working feverishly" to find slow zone $$; calls for communications tests, fixes

The CTA is “bleeding riders because of rail slow zones,” President Forrest Claypool lamented in a CTA Tattler interview. And finding the money to repair them is “one of the most important jobs I have,” he added. “What we’re doing is throwing good money after bad … because of the patchwork nature” of slow zone... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
July 26, 2011 at 7:00 am
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Slow zone pain: South Siders feel it on Dan Ryan branch of CTA Red Line

White Sox and Cubs fans planning to use the Red Line for next week’s Crosstown Classic at U.S. Cellular Field will feel the pain that South Side commuters have experienced pretty much all year — a plodding train limping through a 1.5-mile slow zone southbound between Cermak/Chinatown and Sox/35th. There are a total of 45,275... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
June 14, 2011 at 8:56 pm
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CTA rail slow zones increase dramatically in 2011

Those pesky slow zone on CTA rail lines just won’t go away. In fact, this year slow zones have grown almost 61% from February of 2010 – 108,405 feet of track are covered by slow zone as shown on the Feb.16 map, vs. 67,398 feet on the Feb. 24, 2010 slow zone map. About 2,700... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 1, 2011 at 7:28 pm
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Blue Line track work slows ride between Western and Logan Square

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” No, no – not the mailman! The CTA Tattler. Though Chicago Public Schools and many businesses are taking a snow day, I am your CTA courier with news today about the Blue Line slow... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 1, 2011 at 4:41 pm
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Further details on CTA's earlier Dan Ryan Red Line project

Against my better judgment, today I’m printing further details on previous work done on the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. After reading the comments from two readers in Tuesday’s post accusing her of “lying,” CTA spokesperson Noelle Gaffney sent the following to me. It’s against my better judgment because I suspect Jack and... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
January 25, 2011 at 6:42 pm
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Here's what work CTA did five years ago on Red Line's Dan Ryan Branch

In comments on yesterday’s post, some readers were wondering why the Red Line south of the Loop would need additional repairs, as reported in the Tribune Monday. After all, didn’t the CTA finish a big project on the Dan Ryan branch about five years. Well, I asked a CTA spokesperson that question. Below is her... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
January 24, 2011 at 10:25 am
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CTA completes slow-zone repairs on Orange Line

Orange Line riders should see their commuting times improve, now that the CTA has finished slow-zone repairs on the crucial rail link to Midway Airport. “As a result of CTA personnel working diligently and collaboratively with the system manufacturer to test and implement the necessary short-term solution, Orange Line service is being restored to normal... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
January 23, 2011 at 11:44 am
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Orange Line signaling defect prompts slow zones

The entire Orange Line between Midway and the Loop is operating under slow zone conditions — no more than 35 mph — because of a signaling defect the CTA discovered. From the press release: Under certain circumstances the defect could potentially result in a rail operator not being properly alerted to a train ahead via... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
April 21, 2010 at 8:49 pm
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