TRAINS

A rail workers' union urges operators to negotiate on pay after its members voted to hold a strike.

Woodhaven residents woke up Tuesday morning to Van Horn Road being shut down for three days to deal with emergency train track repairs.

U.S. health officials are restating their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.

Millions are expected to travel on what is predicted to be the busiest day of the Easter weekend.

Service on the Red Line was getting back to normal after police were notified of a gunman at the Garfield ‘L’ on the city’s South Side Friday night.

Trains were only operating between the 95th Street and Belmont stops as of 6:15 p.m. Monday because a wheel on a Purple Line car was off the track, an official said.

At least 40 people are dead in Pakistan after two trains crashed this morning. A train derailed early this morning and then another train hit it.

Red Line trains will not go between the Addison and Howard stops because of police investigation at a Far North Side station, the Chicago Transit Authority said.

The City of Plymouth and Integrated Traffic Systems LLC are developing an app to help drivers in town avoid train delays.

Service disruptions have halted, and service was back to normal at the CTA’s Adams/Wabash station in the Loop after a woman died there Saturday morning when she was hit by a train, officials said.

Trains are running at 50% capacity to ensure each passenger can sit next to an empty seat, a policy Amtrak plans to keep into next year, spokesman Marc Magliari said. Many routes also have less frequent service. With business down about 75% because of the health crisis, most daily long-distance trains are operating about three times a week.

Because of the derailment, trains had been operating in two sections, between O’Hare and Rosemont, and between Jefferson Park and Forest Park, with shuttle buses between Rosemont and Jefferson Park, according to the CTA. Full service resumed about 8:15 a.m., with residual delays, according to a CTA alert.

2 trains collide in DearbornPublished: December 18, 2019, 11:11 pmI-94 is closed at Schaefer Road in Dearborn after two trains sideswiped each other, leading to a diesel fuel leak.

In the wake of an attack on a Paris-bound train last week, there are worries of similar attacks on U.S. trains. Law enforcement says they have a number of measures in place to keep trains secure. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave reports.