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Blue Line trains resume normal service after person on tracks in South Loop

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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CTA Blue Line train service resumed in the South Loop after an unauthorized person on the tracks at the Clinton station halted service for about an hour.

Starting about 3 a.m., no trains were running between the LaSalle and Racine stations, the CTA announced. Trains started moving again shortly before 4 a.m with residual delays.

No further information was immediately available.

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