Before Rory Hoskins stopped regularly taking the CTA Blue Line into downtown Chicago ... most sections of the train system, the CTA slow zone maps show. One area that has slowed notably is ...

In what’s being billed as the largest Blue Line ... CTA officials announced last week the agency will embark on a four-year, $492 million project to rid parts of the O’Hare branch of slow ...

CTA train map showing Red, Blue, Green, Brown, Pink, Orange lines. CHICAGO (WLS) -- The CTA says trains are now moving faster than they have in the past 18 years because of fewer "slow zones.

Slow zones make up nearly three-quarters of the CTA Blue Line run to Forest Park. Credit: Shira Friedman-Parks When Raunel Urquiza takes the Blue Line into the Loop, the train often feels empty.

Blue Line trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Harlem and Cumberland while crews make track improvements to eliminate slow zones, according to the CTA's Web site.

Parts of the CTA Blue Line are set to temporarily close, again, as construction to remove slow zones continues — but the end of the work is in sight. From 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday ...

(Crain's) -- Some relief is on the way for frustrated Chicago Transit Authority train riders vexed by "slow zones." The cash-strapped CTA plans to ... to eliminate Blue Line slow zones between ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Riders navigated the changes on the CTA Blue Line Monday morning with three ... as can be seen by the amount of slow zones." "And I saw a couple new train cars as well, so it's ...

A significant construction project will begin this weekend on the CTA Blue Line’s Forest Park branch ... removing 15,000 feet of so-called “slow zones,” according to CTA officials.