{"id":677096,"date":"2026-03-24T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/677096\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:02:11","slug":"trains-on-metra-up-west-line-stopped-after-train-hits-vehicle-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/677096\/","title":{"rendered":"Trains on Metra UP-West line stopped after train hits vehicle \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trains in both directions have been halted on Metra\u2019s UP-West line after a train struck a vehicle near suburban Berkeley. <\/p>\n<p>According to officials with the agency, trains are stopped in both directions near the Berkeley stop after a train struck a vehicle on Monday afternoon. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: UPW inbound and outbound trains stopped near Berkeley due to a vehicle struck by train #49. Duration of the delay is unknown. Metra will provide updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Metra UP-W (@metraUPW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metraUPW\/status\/2036213912610181279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The duration of the delay is unknown at this time, and Metra will provide more details. <\/p>\n<p>The Union Pacific-West line travels out of Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and services numerous suburbs, including Melrose Park, Elmhurst, Villa Park, Wheaton and Elburn, where the train route terminates. <\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate updates on injuries, and we will update this story with details as those become available. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trains in both directions have been halted on Metra\u2019s UP-West line after a train struck a vehicle near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":677097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,18277],"class_list":{"0":"post-677096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-metra"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116281222610420267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}