Article: CTA inspector hurt on Skokie Swift line

Article: Skokie Swift train strikes CTA worker
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ...A CTA track inspector was struck by a Skokie Swift train and critically injured Tuesday morning in an accident that shut down service for more than an hour on the line between Dempster ...

Article: CTA track inspector injured in accident on Skokie ...
Evanston Review (IL);  August 1, 2002 ;     414 words ... ... Wednesday, one day after he was struck by a southbound Skokie Swift train as it traveled over the Dodge Avenue and Mulford ... occurred at about 9:40 a.m. as the two-car Skokie Swift train was heading south toward Howard. After the accident ...

Article: Skokie Swift to keep service on weekends
Skokie Review (IL);  October 2, 2008 ;     518 words ... ... rise in the number of riders on the Skokie Swift has prompted the CTA to continue its ... a 7.3 percent increase in weekday Skokie Swift ridership during July compared to a ... see permanent weekend service on the Skokie Swift is that these numbers mean the Swift ...

Article: SKOKIE SWIFT RIDERSHIP INCREASES - WEEKEND SERVICE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2008 ;     461 words ... ... reports a 7.3% increase in weekday Skokie Swift Yellow Line ridership during July 2008 ... year-to-date, ridership on the Skokie Swift Yellow Line is up nearly 15%, with ... continue to offer weekend service on the Skokie Swift. Instituted earlier this year on a ...

Article: CTA's Skokie Swift shutdown is for the best
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 9, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... ties and rails on the five-mile Skokie Swift route. The CTA had originally hoped ... was changed, beginning Monday. The Skokie Swift is now temporarily closed. Free shuttle ... obviously will mean a longer commute for Skokie Swift riders, and the CTA sincerely regrets ...

Article: Skokie Swift fee for parking to rise
Lincolnwood Review (IL);  August 7, 2003 ;     537 words ... ... increase in the daily parking fee at the Skokie Swift parking lots. The increase brings the ... into effect on Sept. 2. "The last Skokie Swift parking lot fee increase was in 1984 ... help fund improvements at the south Skokie Swift parking lot at 5001 Dempster Street ...

Article: Skokie Swift to shut down for two months
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 14, 1991 ;     480 words ... ... 3,000 daily riders of the CTA's Skokie Swift line. Starting July 8, the line ... September, the CTA said Thursday. The Skokie Swift has been closed only on weekends for ... service will be provided between the Skokie Swift station on Dempster and the Howard station ...