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7/24/16 7:20p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Brown

Level Of Service Interruption: Service Partially Suspended

Information: Brown Line service has been temporarily suspended between The Loop and Southport due to debris. As a result, trains are operating only between the following area(s):

  • Kimball and Southport.

Alternate Service: Shuttle buses are available to provide connecting service through the affected area.

Service Interruption Update: Service remains Suspended between The Loop and Belmont due to debris(CTA Twitter reports tree debris). Trains are operating between Kimball and Belmont only. Shuttle Buses are available between Southport and Belmont. Passengers can use #72 North Avenue buses as alternatives to Brown Line service.

Service Interruption Update: Service remains Suspended between Armitage and Sedgwick due to debris. Trains are operating in two sections:

  • Between Kimball and Armitage
  • Between Sedgwick and The Loop

Alternate Service: Shuttle Buses are available to provide connecting service between Armitage and Sedgwick. Passengers can also use #72 North Avenue buses as alternatives.

Service Interruption Update(11:30p): Service has resumed on the Brown Line after earlier suspension due to debris on the tracks.

Media Source(s): WGN

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1 hour ago, sw4400 said:

7/24/16 7:14p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Blue

Level Of Service Interruption: Major Delays

Information: Blue Line trains are standing at Illinois Medical District due to an obstruction.

 

My wife, who works at Rush, says someone saw it get struck by lightning. 

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1 hour ago, sw4400 said:

7/24/16 7:14p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Blue

Level Of Service Interruption: Major Delays

Information: Blue Line trains are standing at Illinois Medical District due to an obstruction.

Service Interruption Update: Service has been Partially Suspended due to obstruction. Trains are operating in the following location(s):

  • between Forest Park and Pulaski, and,

    between Racine and O'Hare

    Alternate Service: Consider #7 Harrison, #126 Jackson, and #50 Damen Buses as alternatives.

    Shuttle buses are available to provide connecting service from Pulaski and Racine.

Service Interruption Update: Service remains Suspended between Pulaski and LaSalle due to obstruction(station debris from storm). Trains are operating in the following location(s):

  • between Forest Park and Pulaski
  • between LaSalle and O'Hare

Alternate Service: Shuttle Buses are available to provide connecting service between Pulaski and LaSalle. Passengers may also use  #7 Harrison, #126 Jackson, and #50 Damen buses as alternatives.

Service Interruption Update(8:48p): Service on the Blue Line is experiencing delays. Trains in both directions are operating on the same track between  Racine and Illinois Medical District due to an obstruction.(Station debris from storm).

Board all trains on the Forest Park-bound side of the platform at the Racine and Illinois Medical District stations.

Media Source(s): WGN

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Drove by there on the way home.   The ramp is intact,  but the entire covering (top and sides)  is missing from the middle third of the ramp from the Paulina ramp.  There was a WB Blue Line train at the station and an EB train at the Kedzie-Homan station.   Both were stuck with no electricity in that area. 

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2 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Drove by there on the way home.   The ramp is intact,  but the entire covering (top and sides)  is missing from the middle third of the ramp from the Paulina ramp.  There was a WB Blue Line train at the station and an EB train at the Kedzie-Homan station.   Both were stuck with no electricity in that area. 

"Isles OfErin" got some good footage of the walkway covering collapse. However, she thought it was a Blue Line train.. now Complex has a whole story about an L train derailing. 

http://www.complex.com/life/2016/07/chicago-woman-films-train-derailment?utm_campaign=complexmag&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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wgn had a good story on it.

http://wgntv.com/2016/07/24/cta-shelter-collapses-blue-line-trains-halted-in-medical-district/

They show the video of a woman driving past, but you can't see much due to all the arching. I know myself when something strikes the tracks they arch like hell. 600 volts DC is nothing to screw with.

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51 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

wgn had a good story on it.

http://wgntv.com/2016/07/24/cta-shelter-collapses-blue-line-trains-halted-in-medical-district/

They show the video of a woman driving past, but you can't see much due to all the arching. I know myself when something strikes the tracks they arch like hell. 600 volts DC is nothing to screw with.

Similar on Channel 7 (web version), but they said lightning hit a canopy over the ramp. The aluminum canopy was demolished, but the concrete ramp was intact.

The real question is how the lightning found ground through the canopy. Since it is stated lightning has about 100 million volts, 600 volts on the third rail is comparatively little.

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28 minutes ago, MTRSP1900-CTA3200 said:

Bigger Youtube video.

The bigger one better illustrates that forensics need to figure out how the flash traveled from the platform canopy up the canopy over the ramp, unless something else really happened.

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7/25/16 12:14a

Rail Line(s) Affected: Brown

Level Of Service Interruption: Service Partially Suspended

Information: Brown Line service has been temporarily suspended between Armitage and the Loop due to debris on the tracks. As a result, trains are operating in one section:

  • between Kimball and Armitage

 Alternate Service: Shuttle buses will be available between Armitage and Clark/Lake.Passengers can also use the #72 North Avenue bus as alternative service.

Service Interruption Update(4:00a): Rail Service on the Brown Line has resumed fully.

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8/2/16 2:45p

Rail Line(s) Affected: Purple, Yellow

Level Of Service Interruption: Minor Delays

Information:   Linden-bound Purple Line and Skokie/Dempster-bound Yellow Line trains are operating with residual delays after earlier signal problems at Howard.
 

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8/16/16 10:24a

Rail Line(s) Affected: Red

Level Of Service Interruption: Service Partially Suspended w/Reroute

Information: 95th/Dan Ryan-bound trains are temporarily rerouted to the elevated lines between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown due to track condition.

Service to 95th/Dan Ryan:

After stopping at Fullerton, 95th-bound trains will be diverted and will make the following elevated station stops:

  • Armitage (accessible)
  • Sedgwick (accessible)
  • Chicago (at Franklin; accessible)
  • Merchandise Mart (accessible)
  • Clark/lake (accessible)
  • State/Lake
  • Randolph/Wabash
  • Adams/Wabash
  • Roosevelt (elevated station west of Wabash; accessible)

Then, trains will stop at Cermak-Chinatown and make all normal stops to 95th/Dan Ryan.

Connections can be made between Howard-bound subway service and 95th-bound rerouted service via elevated lines at Fullerton (accessible), State/Lake (board at nearby elevated station on Orange Line side for 95th-bound Red Line service) and at Roosevelt (accessible).

Service Interruption Update(10:45a): Service is rerouted for 95th-bound trains due to a damaged rail at Grand.

Media Source(s): ABC7

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