CHICAGO (CBS)-- In a few hours, you could be riding on a brand-new Chicago Transit Authority train during your morning commute. The CTA said its first 7000-series car officially runs on the Blue ...

seats in a design “that promotes more efficiency in boarding and exiting the train while providing passengers several standing and seating choices,” CTA said. The CTA fleet currently consists of ...

The wheels are turning for what the CTA hopes is a simpler and easier commute. Many parts of the CTA's new fleet of 7000-series rail cars ... to the side of the train, instead of the floor ...

We're still getting used to the center-facing seats on the 5000 series ... CTA train cars (which were introduced in 2011) but the city's transit authority is already planning the launch of the ...

If you see a train with a blue end cap ... This morning, the CTA announced that it's testing 10 prototypes of the new 7000-series railcars on the rail system's second most heavily traveled line.

Donation Options Search Search Search These new 7000-series cars are being tested on the CTA’s Blue Line ... hearing-impaired passengers when a train will run express, and where the next ...

That’s why we’re doing such rigorous testing.” A train featuring the new 7000-series CTA rail cars pulls out of the Damen Blue Line station, April 21, 2021, in Chicago. The new rail cars ...

Donation Options Search Search Search The first two 7000 series CTA ‘L’ cars ... two familiar-looking stainless steel train car bodies are propped six feet in the air, dangling coils of ...

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is seeking manufacturers for a brand-new generation of rail cars, the 7000 series, continuing the agency's efforts to modernize the transit system to improve ...

This is still a 7000 Series train. You just won’t be reminded at nearly every stop. Such announcements — which were instituted to warn blind riders that what seem like open doors could ...