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#31 CNJRoss

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Posted 22 October 2015 - 09:35 PM

Chicago Tribune, 10/20:

 

Skokie, CTA offer free parking, special ceremony for Yellow Line's return

 

When the CTA's Yellow Line train service resumes Oct. 30, riders who get on at the Dempster Street Skokie Swift station will not have to worry about parking fees — at least not for awhile.

 

Providing free parking at the Dempster station for the rest of the year is one of the "significant outreach efforts" to be undertaken by the village and the CTA to induce riders back to the Yellow Line, both parties say.

 

A ceremonial first ride with dignitaries Oct. 30 and free Yellow Line rides for a week following the return of service are also being planned, according to the CTA.

 

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Posted 29 October 2015 - 10:08 AM

Chicago Tribune, 10/29:

 

Yellow Line Test Train

 

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The CTA tests a Yellow Line train Oct. 28, 2015, over the rebuilt embankment near Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard in Skokie.Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune

 



#33 CNJRoss

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Posted 29 October 2015 - 10:39 AM

Chicago Tribune, 10/29:

 

CTA Yellow Line makes long ride back, ready to restart service

 

The roughly 10-minute dash on the CTA Yellow Line is almost back.

 

Yellow Line service is set to finally resume a couple of hours before sunrise on Friday after a 5 1/2-month shutdown triggered by a construction misstep, but riders will likely return to the express trains on their own timetable.

 

The CTA is trying to encourage a ridership resurgence on its shortest route that carries the fewest riders among all eight CTA rail lines by offering free rides on the Yellow Line through Nov. 6 for passengers boarding at the Dempster Street and Oakton Street stations in Skokie.

 

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#34 CNJRoss

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Posted 30 October 2015 - 09:51 AM

WLS-TV Chicago 10/31:

 

Free rides on CTA Yellow Line as service resumes

 

SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) --CTA Yellow Line trains are back in service Friday. To celebrate, commuters can ride for free - for a whole week.
 

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CTA officials, Skokie's mayor and MWRD officials will commemorate the first ride on the new line later Friday morning.

 

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#35 CNJRoss

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Posted 30 October 2015 - 09:55 AM

Chicago Tribune 10/30:

 

CTA offers free rides as Yellow Line reopens after 5-month embankment repair

 

A large banner outside the downtown Skokie CTA train station welcomed riders back to the Yellow Line on Friday morning even before the sun came up.

 

The Yellow Line has been closed for repairs ever since an embankment collapsed along the tracks back in May. A shuttle bus has taken its place while repairs were being made over the last five-plus months.

 

On the CTA's website, a clock counted down until the first train departed the Howard Street station heading north into Skokie at 4:45 a.m. Friday. The first southbound train to Howard was scheduled for 5 a.m.

 

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Posted 02 November 2015 - 06:42 PM

Chicago Tribune, 11/2:

 

All aboard — again: CTA's Yellow Line resumes service in Skokie

 

It takes relatively short time to travel from downtown Skokie's Yellow Line CTA station to the Howard Street station just over the border in Chicago.

 

But dignitaries and others invited to take that ceremonial ride Friday would tell you this one didn't feel short at all. Everyone on board knew it was five months in the making.

 

Yellow Line CTA service returned to Skokie and Chicago last week for the first time since May — ever since an embankment collapsed along the route disrupting service all summer long and beyond.

 

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Free or not, commuters Friday were just happy to have Yellow Line service again.

 

Jose Palmeno bounded off of a northbound train in downtown Skokie and began making his way to his job at a bakery.

 

"I had been taking the shuttle bus, but it took longer that way," he said. "It was especially longer in the afternoon leaving work to go home, but you get used to it. But I'm just very glad the train is back."

 

That seemed to sum up the feelings of most of the commuters who were back to their normal routines.

 

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Posted 04 November 2015 - 02:12 AM

And straight from the CTA's website:

 

 

Restoration of Yellow Line Service

Service along the Yellow Line service will resume on Friday, October 30.

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The Yellow Line has reopened!

After closing in May due to an embankment collapse related to construction by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Yellow Line is being prepped to welcome back customers.

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