Man hit by Metra train in Robbins
Two trains' runs from LaSalle Street station to Joliet were canceled Thursday night because of the incident.
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Two trains' runs from LaSalle Street station to Joliet were canceled Thursday night because of the incident.
Two Rock Island District trains were canceled after the incident in Robbins.
The Homewood stop will be closed through May 20th while crews replace the only stairway leading from the pedestrian tunnel up to the platform.
Inbound and outbound trains were earlier halted near the Ogilvie Transportation Center in the West Loop.
Trains were moving again on all seven affected lines by mid-afternoon, although Metra warned commuters that extensive delays were possible for some trains as service resumes.
Service was restored on several Metra train lines Monday afternoon, but extensive delays were expected, following outages with systems designed to automatically stop trains to avoid collisions.
There is no word yet on when full service will resume.
There is no word yet on when full service will resume.
The commuter rail agency will be the first in the nation to bring on such technology.
Aurora police were searching for an individual. The circumstances behind the search are unknown.
They tested the app for months before it crashed on its debut.
The Ventra app crashed the same day Metra rolled out new fare prices, causing a chaotic commute and in some cases double-charging riders for tickets. Cubic said they have since made changes and stabilized the app.
The pedestrian was struck at the Milwaukee District North line station in Northbrook.
The person hit by the train was taken to an area hospital.
Thomas Zajac, 70, was convicted of the crime in September.
A spokesperson for Metra said Lisle police reported a body at the north side of the depot.
Last month, another body was found near the same Metra station.
A spokesperson for Metra said Lisle police reported a body at the north side of the depot.
Parents' grief, and anger, is fueled by the fact that this is not the first student tragedy at the same crossing in Barrington – and nothing was done by the village afterward to make it safer.
Families say after an earlier tragedy more than a decade after 17-year-old Marin Lacson was hit and killed by a Metra train, nothing was done by the village afterward to make the crossing safer. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Marin Lacson, 17, was on her way to Barrington High School when she was struck by a Union Pacific Northwest Metra train on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 25.
As of Monday night, a vigil remained in place at the site where Marin Lacson was hit and killed by a Metra train. And less than two weeks after that tragedy, the community has moved quickly to ensure another one does not happen. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Marin Lacson, 17, was on her way to Barrington High School when she was struck by a Union Pacific Northwest Metra train on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 25.
The Ventra app is back up and running following a systemwide issue that prevented passengers from purchasing tickets last week.
The Ventra app is back up and running following a systemwide issue that prevented passengers from purchasing tickets last week.
A spokesperson for Metra said an inbound 720 train hit the victim at the crossing at Smith and Wood Streets, adjacent to the Palatine station.
Mere seconds before the crash, neighbors say the boat was going about 70 miles per hour.
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Mere seconds before the crash, neighbors say the boat was going about 70 miles per hour.
A mass shooting sent six people to the hospital in Chicago's Humboldt Park community early Sunday morning.
A spokesperson for Metra said an inbound 720 train hit the victim at the crossing at Smith and Wood Streets, adjacent to the Palatine station.
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