Brown Line Derails Just In Time For The Morning Commute
By Emma G. Gallegos in News on Nov 19, 2015 3:15PM
The CTA Brown Line had a rough morning after a derailment in a train yard on the Northwest Side.
The derailment happened at the Brown Line Kimball stop around 7:10 a.m., according to the Tribune. An engineer on board suffered minor injuries, and he was hospitalized in fair condition. No passengers were on the train.
Service was suspended between the Kimball and Irving Park stops, and the CTA offered shuttle buses. The Western Station looked pretty packed. Transit officials suggested using 49 Western, 50 Damen, 77 Belmont, and 81 Lawrence buses, according to WGN. As of an hour ago, service was partially resumed:
Brown Line service partially resumed, remains suspended between Kimball & Western due to a derailment.
— cta (@cta) November 19, 2015There was confusion:
"We're sorry for the delay, but, uh, there's a delay" Very descriptive. @cta @TheBrownLine
— Chuck Cotterman (@MrCott) November 19, 2015"Hilarious" brown line this AM- @cta kept shuffling us between the N and S platforms at Irving Park, not knowing what leads where. @CTAFails
— Ashley Dennison (@ashdennison) November 19, 2015But it looked bad:
CTA brown line shut down. I'm no expert, but that looks bad... #cta #wgnnews pic.twitter.com/nBAnNX16yt
— Michael Mastrangelo (@themastrangelo) November 19, 2015There was a silver lining for some commuters (or at least one!):
@TheBrownLine derailment today, so I took bus to red line, now I'm 30 mins early to court. So used to the brown line making me late @cta
— Jen (@jendlugosz) November 19, 2015