Electrical problems downtown Tuesday night are leaving potentially tens of thousands of CTA elevated train riders — the majority attending Taste of Chicago and pre-4th of July fireworks at Grant Park — standing on platforms waiting for trains, which are not moving.Riders are reporting that elevated trains in the Loop stopped moving about 11 p.m.
Police report there are riders trying to get off the standing trains by forcing the doors open.
Affected elevated routes are the Brown, Orange, Green and Pink lines, which are not moving south of Roosevelt or north of Clinton.
It’s thundering, lightning, and pouring down rain right now. I guess the luckier ones are those stuck waiting on the elevated platforms even if they are exposed to the elements. This can only be discouraging to those who decided to use the CTA tonight at the encouragement of the city and now they may decide against riding transit next time or even come into the city at all.
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