CTA’s Yellow Line remains shut down after collision
By | November 27, 2023No estimate yet offered for resumption of service
CHICAGO — The Chicago Transit Authority’s Yellow Line remains shut down today (Monday, Nov. 27) as the Thanksgiving holiday period ends, some 11 days after the Nov. 16 collision between a Yellow Line train and a snowplow that injured 38 people.
WLS-TV reports that the CTA has not offered any estimate when the line will reopen and did not respond to a request for comment. A notice on the CTA website simply says that service “continues to be temporarily suspended following a recent incident at Howard” and that shuttle bus service is available.
The National Transportation Safety Board had estimated the line could be closed for up to five days while it conducted its investigation. The NTSB has said a design problem with the braking system played a part in the incident [see “NTSB chair says ‘design problem’ …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 18, 2023].
The Yellow Line, previously known as the Skokie Swift, is a three-station, 4.7-mile branch of the L system handling about 1,500 passengers per day.
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