Red Line trains delayed by person on tracks

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CTA Red Line trains are operating with residual delays Wednesday morning after reports of an unauthorized person on the tracks at a Loop subway station.

Trains were stopped as of 7:17 a.m. because of an unauthorized person on the tracks at the Lake station, the CTA said in a message on Twitter.

As of 7:25 a.m., the person had been removed from the tracks and trains had resumed service with residual delays, according to the CTA.

It was not immediately clear whether the person was injured.

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