CTA Red Line service resumes normally after person removed from tracks at Clark/Division

The Red Line was running on elevated tracks between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown for nearly an hour Sunday evening.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was stabbed on a Red Line train July 1, 2020, near the North/Clybourn station. — CTA Red Line trains were rerouted between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown stations Feb. 23, 2020, for a person on the tracks at the Clark/Division station.

CTA Red Line trains were rerouted to elevated tracks between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown stations for nearly an hour Sunday evening for reports of someone on the tracks near the Clark/Division station on the Near North Side.

The transit authority first rerouted the trains about 6:05 p.m., and announced that normal service was resuming about 7 p.m.

Chicago police said that officers responded to the Clark/Division station, 1200 N. Clark St., for calls of a naked person on the tracks, but that no report was ever filed. Chicago fire officials did not immediately respond to a request for details.

Red Line riders should expect delays as earlier congestion from the service disruption clears, the CTA said.

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