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Metra Trains Delayed Due to Police Activity
Inbound and outbound trains on the Union Pacific/North Line are delayed 90 to 110 minutes due to police activity, according to Metra.
By Cristel Mohrman and Pam DeFiglio, Patch.com
Update
Normal train schedules have resumed.
Original story
Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific/North Line were stopped Friday morning due to police activity, according to Metra. They are now moving, as of 11:30 a.m., but running 90 to 110 minutes late.
A train scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 10:36 a.m. was stopped at the Lake Bluff station, Metra announced at 9:25 a.m., and a train scheduled to arrive in Waukegan at 9:54 a.m. was stopped at the Highwood station and a train scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 11:33 a.m. was stopped at Great Lakes.
The Lake Forester reported that a suspicious package was discovered near the Lake Forest station around 9:30 a.m.
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The trains remained stopped at 10:18 a.m., according to Metra.
More information will be reported as it becomes available.
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