Hundreds of passengers onboard a CTA Brown Line train were forced to evacuate and walk across a portion of a bridge over the Chicago River after a power outage stopped the train in its tracks during the Tuesday evening commute.
Brown Line service was shut down between Armitage and the Loop for hours on Tuesday after a power outage along the route, which left passengers scrambling for alternative transportation for their commute home.
“Everyone’s getting off of work and everyone’s tired, and then you have to deal with that,” Christina Jones, a passenger on the train, said.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
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