Overview
- Service was halted around 4:45 a.m. and remains suspended until further notice, according to the CTA.
- An out-of-service train with no one on board jumped a switch near the Skokie maintenance yard, affecting the main line.
- Shuttle buses are operating in both directions between the Howard and Dempster-Skokie stations.
- Riders are advised to allow extra travel time and consider bus routes 54A and 97 or transfers to other rail lines.
- ABC7’s Chopper 7 observed crews working at the site around 7 a.m. as the agency worked to restore operations.