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A man was killed Monday morning at the Belmont Avenue station in Lakeview, after striking the CTA CTA train, disrupting service for more than two hours, a senior official said
. "Train a little before 8 am and was taken to critical condition at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center," said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. The man died later, a police spokeswoman said.
The red, brown and purple lines were all stopped at 945 W. Belmont Ave. at 7:51, the service resumed around 8:40 on two tracks. All the lines were moving – but only on two tracks, not the usual four, and did not stop at Belmont – just before 9am, according to the CTA. The service was fully restored at 10 am, said Katherine Hosinski, a spokeswoman for the CTA.
During the disruption, the transport agency tweeted that users should "expect significant delays". The agency also encouraged users to allocate more time and consider service, such as Lake Shore Drive express buses or buses serving other rail lines, such as the Blue Line.
"We apologize for the disruption of the service; there was a collision between a train and a person in Belmont, resulting in a medical emergency, "CTA said in another tweet.
In another tweet, CTA informed those not already in train heading to Belmont to consider taking a bus instead.A bus shuttle was set up to provide alternative service in the affected area, but the CTA acknowledged that it would have to time to set up this service during the morning rush hours.
At certain times of the morning, messages from the CTA and its staff were broadcast, offered conflicting information Tweets said the train service Resumed but bypassed Belmont, while a member of the Argyle staff told the passengers not to board because the southbound trains were stopping at Wilson and were making a U-turn. North
Users from e Twitter also reported receiving incorrect information from station staff directing CTA.
Check out the updated travel information on the OTA website
When a brown line train stopped at Paulina during the service outage, the majority of passengers left after multiple announcements from the train operator about a delay in service.
Outside the station, commuters gathered with their phones. No cars were immediately available on the Uber app, so some passengers headed to a nearby Starbucks to pass the time while they were waiting for an Uber or Lyft.
A woman asked a reporter what was happening in the trains and said that it was strange to do so. On Monday morning, there are so many people standing at the intersection.
For a time, one of the passengers on the red line made a stop at Berwyn's stop on the red line, and the passengers began to disembark to call an Uber or find another way to work. . A man came down, saw someone he knew climbing the stairs and stopped him.
"Do not do it. It's awful today, "he said.
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Morgan Greene, Blair Kamin and Tracy Van Moorlehem of the Chicago Tribune Tribune also contributed.
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