Hundreds of commuters delayed at Union Station during evening rush

By Rosemary Sobol Tribune reporter

8:27 p.m. CST, January 9, 2012

Hundreds of commuters were stuck at Union Station during the evening rush after signal problems jammed up several outbound and inbound trains, officials said.

Trains were delayed as much as 50 minutes, mainly on the Burlington Northern Sante Fe and SouthWest Service lines, according to Metra?s website.

?It?s next to impossible to get through,?? said a commuter trying to board a train for Western Springs. ?Hundreds of commuters are crammed in walkways and in loading areas.??

Other commuters complained of incorrect information on schedule boards and unintelligible announcements over the public address system.

But they said the crowds remained generally calm.

?They were good natured and well behaved,?? a commuter said. ?There was some pushing but no fighting.??

A Metra spokesman did not details of what caused the delays, other than to say there were switching and signaling problems.

rsobol@tribune.com

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