CICERO, Ill. — Service on Metra’s most-used commuter line, the BNSF, is operating with one small disruption this morning after a derailment Monday evening damaged a portion of the Cicero Metra station.
Inbound trains are not stopping at Cicero during the morning commuter rush because the canopy on the platform was damaged by a BNSF derailment on an adjacent track. Passengers have been advised to detrain at BNSF’s LaVergne or Halsted Street stations, or to use the CTA Pink Line, which is honoring Metra tickets.
Service to Cicero is anticipated to resume with inbound train No. 1260 at 9:38 a.m.; boarding is likely to occur from what is normally the outbound platform.
Chicago Sun-Times photos show tank cars piled against the structure protecting the pedestrian ramp to the passenger platform. The derailment occurred on the south side of the Metra platform, where tracks connect from Cicero Yard and the BNSF main line to the Belt Railway of Chicago.
Nobody’s injured good news.
Looking at the pictures if on of the cars had spilled it would have been sticky!
Wednesday AM 11/28/2018 Metra web site says service is now normal.