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The Blue Line blues
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t's bad enough that trips out to O'Hare Airport on the CTA Blue
Line are taking longer thanks to an abundance of slow zones. Now,
even getting on the train can come with a built-in delay because
trains and station platforms have become increasingly packed during
rush hour.
Riders say trains on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line have been
coming at longer intervals these past few months, and when they do
arrive, they are often too full to board. Crowded platforms add
another wrinkle, ...
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The Chicago Tribune Jon Hilkevitch Getting Around column: Slow zones lead to Blue Line blues.(Column)
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ... hard to rebound. Trains must travel below normal speeds on almost 65,000 feet of Blue Line track, according to the latest CTA maps. That's up from only 7,300 feet of slow zones in March 2006. The peak in the last year was August--74,700 feet of slow zones ...
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CTA: Get used to it: Blue Line repairs would take 3 years, $100 mil.
Chicago Sun-Times
; Even if the CTA gets the money it needs immediately, it would take at least three years for the agency to fix the rotting rail ties and worn-out track that cause many of the slow zones on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line, officials said. Gov. Blagojevich and the state Legislature have so far
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Blue Line repairs on fast track.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ... could accommodate the higher speed, CTA's top speed systemwide is 55 m.p.h. Huberman's announcement was accompanied by more good news for riders: The CTA will use $14.7 million in bond revenue to tack 2 more miles of reconstruction onto an project to replace ...
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Blue Line segment's 'slow zones' near end: Part of O'Hare line 'slow zone' work to be done by 2008.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; Byline: Jon Hilkevitch Sep. 13--Train slow zones will be eliminated by the end of the year on part of the CTA Blue Line's O'Hare branch under a $91 million contract that the transit agency board approved Wednesday. The 15-month project entails replacing worn railroad ties, ballast and the
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CTA to tackle ?slow zones' and rider complaints.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; Byline: Jon Hilkevitch Jul. 11--The CTA today announced plans to make repairs that will address one of riders' chief complaints--so-called slow zones where deteriorated tracks require trains to operate below normal speeds. The agency is reallocating $14.7 million to repair two additional miles of
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