Red Line

Service on multiple Chicago Transit Authority train lines was suspended early Tuesday due to problems that arose as a major snowstorm pummeled the city.

An FBI agent was involved in a shooting on board a Metro train early Tuesday and an investigation is underway, Metro and FBI officials say. A man was shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital. Information on his identity and condition were not immediately released. Metro Transit Police received a report just before 7 a.m. of “an FBI…

Chicago police are seeking two men wanted in connection with a robbery Monday on the Red Line. About 7:45 p.m the victims were on a CTA Red Line train in the 100 block of West Cermak Road, when they were approached by two men who demanded their property, Chicago police said. They then took it by force. Anyone with information…

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…

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...

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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...

Police are looking to identify a man who allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed a woman Thursday on a Red Line train on the North Side. The woman was riding a train about 9:57 a.m. northbound towards the Morse station when the man allegedly exposed himself to her, Chicago police said. He struck her several times as she tried to move…

Three people were arrested after a woman was robbed Thursday on a CTA Red Line train in the Loop. The woman was riding the train about 11:30 p.m. in the 100 block of South State Street when four males approached her and one of them grabbed her cellphone out of her hand, according to Chicago police. One suspect was arrested…

A group of people beat and robbed a 61-year-old man and a passerby who tried to help him Sunday at a Red Line station in the Loop.

Northbound CTA Red Line trains were resuming service with delays Friday morning after a man was stabbed at the Fullerton station in Lincoln Park. Howard-bound trains were halted because of “police activity” shortly after 6 a.m. at the station, 943 W. Fullerton Ave., according to service alerts from the CTA. Service resumed with residual delays shortly before 7 a.m. Chicago…

Chicago police have released surveillance images of two individuals they say are wanted for questioning in a fatal stabbing on a CTA Red Line train Saturday afternoon.

The CTA will close four stations and rebuild miles of track as part of one of the most ambitious and far-reaching projects in the agency’s history.

A 14-year-old boy accused of shooting two men on a Red Line platform during rush hour has been released to his parent on Friday over the demands of prosecutors.

Police have released surveillance images of two people wanted for shooting up a North Side L station during the evening rush hour Monday.

A man was stabbed Sunday morning on a Red Line train at the Roosevelt station in the South Loop.

A man is facing a battery charge after he was shot on a Red Line train and then allegedly used the gun that wounded him to beat the shooter.

A convicted felon charged with viciously attacking a 67-year-old woman on a CTA Red Line train appeared in bond court Sunday and was denied bail.

Chicago police say they have arrested a man who allegedly punched an elderly woman in the face on a CTA train Thursday.

A raccoon perilously close to the CTA Red Line tracks at the Cermak station in Chinatown was rescued Friday morning after service was temporarily stopped.

Big changes could be coming to Chicago’s Red Line as an expansion project takes root, aiming to bring new transportation to the city’s Far South Side.

It was an unusual morning for commuters on the CTA’s Red Line, as a woman gave birth to twins at the Roosevelt station.

Northbound CTA Red Line trains are back on their proper tracks after briefly being diverted to the elevated lines between Cermak and Fullerton due to a power outage.

A group of thieves are approaching people near or on CTA Red Line trains, asking a distracting question and then punching the unwitting victim multiple times before rifling through their pockets, police said in a community alert.

Police say a 31-year-old woman was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning as she exited the CTA Red line at the Harrison station.

Construction to improve the tracks on the Red Line route on the city’s North Side will impact commuters at several stations this weekend.

A Bridgeport man has been charged with sexually abusing a woman at the Fullerton CTA station in Lincoln Park early Friday.

A Loyola University student was robbed near a Red Line station near the school’s Water Tower campus early Friday.

A Chicago man has been charged with taking a video recording of a 16-year-old girl with the camera pointed up her skirt as he followed her out of a CTA train station.

A man who attempted to sexually assault a woman on a Red Line train early Sunday on the North Side remains on the loose, police said.

Ivan Corona-Gutierrez, 19, was charged with arson after starting a fire in a garbage can at the North/Clybourn Red Line station on Jan. 6.

A 17-year-old man has been charged with forcibly stealing cellphones from two female victims at the Red Line Wilson station in the Uptown neighborhood over the past three weeks.

Authorities said Quinton Davis was hit by a Red Line train at the Argyle stop at about 3 a.m. Sunday.