11:38 — got a mention to @ctatweet– “red line trains are being redirected above ground due to an equipment failure..”
Checked the CTA Web site, there was no mention of it, I retweeted it right about by 11:41.
11:42 — got an email from info@goroo.com:
Red Line subway trains are rerouted to the elevated tracks between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown due to a fire. Train service to 95th/Dan Ryan After stopping at Fullerton, 95th-bound trains will be diverted and will make the following elevated station stops: Armitage (accessible) Sedgwick (accessible) Chicago (accessible) Merchandise Mart (accessible) Clark/lake (accessible) State/Lake Randolph/Wabash Madison/Wabash Adams/Wabash Roosevelt (elevated station west of Wabash, accessible) Then, trains will stop at Cermak-Chinatown and make all normal stops to 95th. Train service to Howard After stopping at Cermak-Chinatown, Howard-bound trains will be diverted to the above-listed elevated stations, in the opposite order, through Armitage and then make all normal stops from Fullerton to Howard. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Allow extra travel time.
Check the CTA Web site, and this was there:
http://welcome.www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/alert_detail.aspx?AlertId=2869
So I posted a “Confirmed” tweet directly thereafter: http://twitter.com/ctatweet/status/2708297873
Confirmed: all @ctared trains rerouted to El tracks between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown due to a fire. Details here: http://bit.ly/lBfnK
There’s some timing here:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1672698,subway-fire-red-line-chicago-clark-071809.article
July 18, 2009
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
No trains are involved in the extra alarm subway fire that was reported Saturday morning at the Red Line station at Clark and Division streets.
As of 11:45 a.m., an EMS Plan 1 response was called for a subway fire at Clark and Division, where a Red Line station is located.
“We have heavy smoke conditions which is our main concern right now,” Fire Media Affairs spokesman Quention Curtis said. “We are evacuating the subway, checking for anybody in the subway at this time.”
Curtis said no victims had been located at 11:54 a.m., and the fire may have started due to rubbish on the tracks.
CTA spokeswoman Katelyn Thrall said there was no train in the station at the time of the fire, and that Red Line trains would be running on elevated tracks. All power has been shut down at the Clark and Division station.
A 2-11 alarm was called for the fire about 11:55 a.m.
No further details were immediately available.