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The five-month long shutdown of the CTA Red Line South kicks off Sunday, causing all local transit organizations and even the White Sox to pitch in. 

For the Red Line’s 95th Street in particular, riders say crime and grime keep commuters away.

Chicago Transit Authority ridership went up to 530 million boardings last year, reaching its highest ridership level since 1991.Rail ridership grew by 5.2 percent compared to an increase of 1.4 percent in bus usage.

The remaining residents of a small northern Illinois village are being allowed to return to their homes after a train derailment that forced a mandatory evacuation.All 800 Tiskilwa residents could come back as of Saturday afternoon.A freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and exploded near the vi

At least a dozen people suffered injuries and have been taken to area hospitals after two commuter trains collided, with one derailing, at Chicago's Union Station, city emergency officials said Friday morning.A spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department says one of the trains derailed, but he didn't

UPDATED: 2:45 p.m. 5/13/2011A Metra commuter train heading into Chicago collided with a semitrailer, killing the truck's driver and causing a minor derailment Friday morning.Metra spokesman Tom Miller said the train's passengers were evacuated after the collision in Mount Prospect.