Overview

• Around 5:50 a.m., service between Damen and LaSalle was suspended after a rider was electrocuted on the tracks and later died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
• Blue Line trains operated in two segments—O’Hare to Damen and LaSalle to Forest Park—with shuttle buses provided between the break points.
• A separate debris blockage prompted a second suspension between O’Hare and Jefferson Park later in the day.
• Operator shortages on the Yellow Line in Skokie caused significant delays and led the CTA to advise riders to allow extra travel time.
• CTA urged commuters to use alternative bus routes and other rail lines as crews work to fully restore both Blue and Yellow Line service.