Red Line Trains Delayed As Police Investigate Bomb Threat At Roosevelt Stop
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CHICAGO (CBS)-- Red Line trains were delayed Wednesday evening at the Roosevelt stop due to a bomb threat.
[Major Delays] Red Line trains are running w/residual delays and congestion following an earlier police activity at Roosevelt. Service is resuming, allow extra time.
— cta (@cta) August 7, 2019
Police responded to a call of a bomb threat at the station, in the 1100 block of South State Street, just after 6 p.m.
Green Line trains are also delayed near the Roosevelt stop.
No real danger was found, police said.
By 10 p.m., train service was back to normal in both directions, the Chicago Transit Authority said.
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