Red Line

CTA Red and Purple line service has been disrupted because of a mechanical problem on a train near Wilson. Red Line service was suspended between Howard and Belmont about 4:30 a.m, according to a service alert from the CTA. About an hour later, Purple Line service was suspended between Howard and the Loop. Shuttle buses are available for affected riders…

The Chicago Transit Authority has announced several changes to its train and bus service through the downtown area ahead of more planned protests and demonstrations this weekend. The biggest changes were reported on the Red and Blue lines, which will not make stops in downtown at the request of public safety officials. Bus service in the city will also be…

Protests, marches and rallies are planned throughout Chicago on Saturday, including in Union Park. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

A man died after he was pushed in front of an oncoming train during a fight Friday at a CTA Red Line station in Chatham on the South Side. He got into an argument with another male at 12:16 a.m. on the platform at the 87th Street station, 15 W. 87th St., according to Chicago police. The suspect punched the…

Chicago police are asking for help identifying two men wanted for allegedly exchanging gunfire on a Red Line train Tuesday in Chatham on the South Side.

Chicago’s mayor said video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is “extremely disturbing” and that she supports the interim police superintendent’s request for prosecutors to be sent directly to the scene — an unusual or perhaps unprecedented action in the nation’s third largest city. After watching what she called the “widely...

A man was shot by police Friday afternoon during an altercation at the Grand CTA Red Line station. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports on the latest information.

Multiple witnesses on Friday recounted seeing and hearing a shooting in which a Chicago police officer shot a man at the CTA Grand Red Line station in River North. The shooting happened at around 4 p.m., sparking a heavy police presence at the station at Grand Avenue and State Street. Video shared with NBC 5 afternoon shows two Chicago police…

The suspect in a deadly shooting inside of a CTA tunnel has been taken into custody.

NBC5 Investigates recently revealed that violent crime on CTA’s rapid-transit lines, stations and platforms has doubled, in the past six years. We also created an interactive map to show the numbers of violent crimes and thefts at each of CTA’s 123 rapid-transit stations. But the Red Line station at Jackson Street — site of Monday’s shooting — clearly tops the…

Police are searching for a second person of interest in connection with a shooting on board a Blue Line train earlier this month.

A man was killed and two other people were injured Monday in a shooting at a CTA subway station in the Loop. The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. in the tunnel connecting the Jackson Blue Line and Red Line stations in the 200 block of South Dearborn Street, according to Chicago police. One man was shot in the abdomen…

A man was killed and two other people were injured Monday in a shooting at a CTA subway station in the Loop. Susan Carlson reports.

Police are warning CTA riders about a string of robberies last month in Englewood on the South Side. Each of the incidents happened on or near the 63rd Red Line station, 220 W. 63rd St., Chicago police said in a community alert. One to three male suspects would approach someone, hit them and steal from them. The robberies happened: At…

An NBC 5 Investigation shows a dramatic increase in both violent crimes and petty thefts –while arrests are on the decline. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey Investigates.

A new study will examine the environmental impact on a proposed Red Line extension project.

A 35-year-old man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line platform Monday in Chatham on the South Side. He was on the 79th Street train platform, 15 W. 79th St., about 2:43 p.m. when he was arguing with a 37-year-old man, Chicago police said. The older man took out a knife and stabbed him in the arm, police said. He…

A 38-year-old woman from Blue Island has been charged with stabbing a street musician Tuesday on a CTA Red Line platform in the Loop. Barbara Johnson faces two counts of aggravated battery and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, Chicago police said. Police said a woman approached a street musician about 1:35 p.m. at the Jackson station in…

A woman was hospitalized and arrested after police say she attacked a street performer with a knife at a CTA Red Line station.

Imagine boarding the “L,” just like any other train on any other day, only to find yourself in a car full of people without any pants on.  This is the fate that could befall CTA riders using the Red Line as part of the “No Pants Subway Ride” on Sunday. The concept is simple. Participants board a train at...