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Two Metra lines disrupted as Amtrak locomotive derails at Chicago Union Station

By Trains Staff | April 29, 2023

| Last updated on February 5, 2024


SouthWest Service trains cancelled; BNSF sees delays

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Commuter train arrives at station
A Metra SouthWest Service train arrives at Manhattan, Ill. in 2019. Three SouthWest service trains were canceled Friday because of an Amtrak derailment at Chicago Union Station. David Lassen

CHICAGO — The locomotive of an Amtrak Michigan Service train derailed at Chicago Union Station on Friday, leading to some Metra delays and cancellations  as well as Amtrak delays.

No injures were reported.

Patch.com reports the derailment occurred as the Amtrak train arrived from Michigan.

Metra informed customers on Twitter that three SouthWest Service trains were cancelled as a result of derailment, while BNSF Line trains experienced delays of up to 35 minutes. Those two services share Union Station’s South Concourse platforms with the Michigan Service trains. Amtrak’s Wolverine No. 352 was about an hour late leaving Chicago on Friday, according to the Amtrak Alerts Twitter feed.

2 thoughts on “Two Metra lines disrupted as Amtrak locomotive derails at Chicago Union Station

  1. Amtrak loco on Amtrak tracks. It will a cold day before Amtrak will ever admit to cause of the derailment. Just trying to keep another nail in the coffin from being nailed.

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