An alert was issued for two Metra SWS that were stopped due to train equipment derailment Thursday afternoon.
Metra tweeted that trains #826 and #815 were stopped south of Chicago Union Station just after 1 p.m.
During morning commute, a switching problem also causing delays for other Metra riders Thursday morning.
Just after 8:30 a.m., Metra UP West posted on Twitter that inbound trains #28, #30 and #32 are operating 10 to 20 minutes behind schedule.
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Officials said the issue is caused by switching problems at Lake Street.
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Metra said the three UP West inbound trains are slowly moving as they work to assess the problem.
Please visit metrarail.com or listen to platform announcements for current delay information.