Pace831 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Service on the Red Line has resumed after an earlier derailment near Granville, however shuttle trains will continue to provide service between Addison/Loyola, and from Loyola/Howard.Shuttle buses are also still running. Presumably only a single track is open resulting in very slow operation for the trains that do get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Update:Red Line service has been temporarily suspended between Granville and Loyola due to a derailment.As a result, trains are operating only between Granville/95th, and between Loyola/Howard only.Shuttle trains will provide connecting service between Addison/Granville, and Loyola/Howard.Shuttle buses are available to provide connecting service between Granville and Loyola.Passengers may use #22, #36, #147, and #151 buses as alternatives to Red Line service.See station personnel for further assistance, and pay attention to announcements on trains and at stations for service information.We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Allow extra travel time.I don't understand the part that I underlined. Are they saying they are running some trains between Addison and Granville instead of all the way to 95th, or that you have to transfer at Addison to get from Granville to 95th?Sun-Times article clarified this. Regular trains ran from 95th to Addison and the shuttle from Addison to Granville, apparently necessary due to the normal track being out of service for repairs. The rest of the article is just riders complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleTransit1 Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Blue Line service is temporarily suspended between Damen and UIC-Halsted due to a medical condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verive.m Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Uh-oh... looks like there was a jumper on the Blue Line at Clark/Lake. No trains running in the subway right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Uh-oh... looks like there was a jumper on the Blue Line at Clark/Lake. No trains running in the subway right now.In addition to apparently some pretty major (talking: smoke) mechanical problems near Austin. Blue Line's a mess today. Hope the person at Clark/Lake ends up okay if they're not already pronounced dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 11/10/15 5:24pRail Line(s) Affected: BlueLevel Of Service Interruption: Significant DelaysInformation: Forest Park-bound Blue Line trains are operating with residual delays after an earlier unauthorized person on the tracks near Belmont. Trains are moving and normal service is being restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 11/10/15 5:26pRail Line(s) Affected: Green, PinkLevel Of Service Interruption: Significant DelaysInformation: Green and Pink Line trains are operating with residual delays after earlier signal problems at Lake/Wells. Trains are moving and normal service is being restored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Door problem SB at Berwyn this morning. Trains got a bit backed up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Door problem SB at Berwyn this morning. Trains got a bit backed up. Aww come on!!! I gotta take that line to 79th right now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verive.m Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Service suspended on the Brown Line from Kimball to Belmont due to a derailment. Sounds like it was in the yard, so no one was on it. Here's a picture of the derailment: https://twitter.com/themastrangelo/status/667334283351031809 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Only the operator was aboard. That employee was taken to a hospital. Of course, news media referred to him. or her, as "conductor." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verive.m Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Only the operator was aboard. That employee was taken to a hospital. Of course, news media referred to him. or her, as "conductor."Hoping the operator is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman94 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Service suspended on the Brown Line from Kimball to Belmont due to a derailment. Sounds like it was in the yard, so no one was on it. Here's a picture of the derailment: https://twitter.com/themastrangelo/status/667334283351031809Hoping the operator is okay.Me too...didn't seem like it was a bad collision but they probably just wanted to check them out and make sure they were okay. Here are a couple more pics from Facebook: Doesn't look like it was a very intense crash but still...at 6 MPH, how do you not see that you're going to collide in that situation? The operator must have been distracted; that's the only explaination. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 ...Doesn't look like it was a very intense crash but still...at 6 MPH, how do you not see that you're going to collide in that situation? The operator must have been distracted; that's the only explaination.Doesn't look like the assessment in the early stories simply that a train "derailed," either. The post to which verive.m linked didn't show the back side of 3447, but clearly the third picture in your post shows that something whacked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joechicago Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Doesn't look like the assessment in the early stories simply that a train "derailed," either. The post to which verive.m linked didn't show the back side of 3447, but clearly the third picture in your post shows that something whacked it.Oh wow, yeah definitely a collision. I just assumed it was a switch issue. I wonder if they'll be able to fix that car or just scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Oh wow, yeah definitely a collision. I just assumed it was a switch issue. I wonder if they'll be able to fix that car or just scrap.I bet they'll be able to fix it. They've fixed more severely damaged cars before. But if this had happened to a 2600, then maybe they'd just scrap it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hey guys, on behalf of the Brown Line derailment this morning, please make sure that any information and photos about it are cited with any sources. Carry on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 12/1/15 9:38p Rail Line(s) Affected: Blue Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays Information: Trains are operating with residual delays after an earlier medical emergency on the tracks near Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 In the meantime, Erin Ivory says the subway (Red) is shut down, but nobody logs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 12/3/15 4:01p Rail Line(s) Affected: Green, Pink Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays Information: 54th-bound Pink/Harlem-bound Green Line trains are operating with residual delays after earlier door problems near Morgan. Trains are moving and normal service is being restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Here's one I haven't heard before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 43 minutes ago, Kevin said: Here's one I haven't heard before. I've seen that once before, on the Blue line near Cumberland. I thought I posted it here but I don't see it now. I assume this means an animal got electrocuted by the third rail and someone had to remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagopcclcar Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 The underpass between Cumberland and Rosemont used to have signs on the ROW ......"deer crossing" that evidently were taken down by souvenir hunters. The signs were always mentioned on charters. Deer that used the riverbank of Des Plaines River as a path would get trapped by the highway and sometimes end of on the CTA tracks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 2 hours ago, chicagopcclcar said: The underpass between Cumberland and Rosemont used to have signs on the ROW ......"deer crossing" that evidently were taken down by souvenir hunters. The signs were always mentioned on charters. Deer that used the riverbank of Des Plaines River as a path would get trapped by the highway and sometimes end of on the CTA tracks. I remember something like that made the papers a few years ago (Must have been a slow news day). Apparently the fence is low enough for them to jump, as I don't see how else they could get from the riverbank to the tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Green and Pink Line Trains disrupted between Clinton and California and Pink Line Trains are rerouted to the Blue Line tracks due to fire department activity. Now we can say the Blue Line has 5000's for the time being lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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