CTA Red Line

The Chicago Transit Authority has received a $100 million grant from the federal government to assist with a massive project to extend the Red Line to 130th Street.

Chicago police are investigating after a shooting on a CTA Red Line train overnight left one man in critical condition.

At least three people were shot near a train station on Chicago’s Far South Side, causing transit delays for a portion of Sunday afternoon. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.

At least four people have been shot near a train station on Chicago’s Far South Side, causing transit delays as Red Line service has been halted in the area.

The Chicago Transit Authority has temporarily suspended service on the Red Line train due to a police investigation, an alert from the CTA says.

The Chicago Transit Authority has been exploring the idea of extending the Red Line south from 95th Street for years, but that vision could be taking a significant step closer to reality thanks to a massive influx of funds from President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget.

A suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting a teen on the CTA Red Line Sunday morning, Chicago police say.

Funding for an expansion of the CTA Red Line was approved by a City Council committee on Monday, NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a proposal Wednesday for a massive new Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district that would help provide financial backing to a $3.6-billion extension of the CTA’s Red Line on the city’s Far South Side.

Chicago police have released surveillance photos in hope of identifying three individuals wanted in connection with the robbery of a man earlier this month onboard a CTA Red Line train, according to authorities.

Chicago police and the CTA are investigating after a man was robbed and hit over the head with a wine bottle during a brazen attack that has since gone viral after footage was posted to social media.

Chicago police and the CTA are investigating after a man was robbed and hit over the head with a wine bottle during a brazen attack that has since gone viral after footage was posted to social media.

A man stabbed early Sunday told police he’d been attacked on the CTA Red Line platform at 100 North State Street, but later investigation revealed no evidence that the incident had taken place on CTA property.

A 30-year-old woman was shot early Saturday near the Loop while aboard a CTA Red Line train, Chicago police said.

Sister Jean, long-time chaplain of the Loyola basketball teams, celebrated her 103rd birthday on Sunday, and a large group of officials, dignitaries and supporters gathered to pay a special tribute to her.

A man was stabbed during an argument on a CTA Red Line platform on the North Side Tuesday night.

The family of a 29-year-old man shot and killed on a CTA Red Line train says that he often talked about the need for increased security on trains in the months prior to his death.

Chicago police pledged they will step up CTA security to stem a spike in violent crime after a Red Line passenger was fatally shot. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports. 

Chicago police have announced criminal charges against five suspects in an attack on a CTA Red Line train that left a 42-year-old man with serious injuries.

Two females were violently attacked by two males with a knife during an attempted robbery early Monday morning while riding the CTA Red Line train, police say.