Illinois updates in category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

Friday evening a truck drove into the CTA red line stop at Cermak-Chinatown. Two women, Elosia Guerrero 47 and Delisia Brown, 18 were killed at the scene of the collision. Another 21 people,...

A truck speeding down the Cermak exit to the Dan Ryan expressway left the roadway and crashed into a CTA bus stop and el station at rush hour today. Commuters waiting for the bus and leaving the...

An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Grand Rapids struck the rear of a parked Norfolk Southern Freight train earlier this morning on Chicago's south side. As a result of the crash, some 45 passengers were taken to area hospitals, among whom six were seriously injured.According to media reports, there were 187 passengers on the train. The six passengers suffering from critical injuries...

A faulty maintenance operation and track inspection were both main factors in last year's Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) subway derailment that was responsible for injuring over 150 people, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).A report released today states, the NTSB also determined insufficient time was allowed for inspections and limited training of inspectors also...