CTA Brown Line Service Resumes After Suspicious Package Halts Trains

The Chicago Transit Authority's Brown Line train service was suspended between Fullerton and Chicago's Loop Thursday due to police activity.

Chicago police said the activity stemmed around 11 a.m. from reports of a suspicious package on the Near North Side.

Just after 11 a.m., the Chicago Police Bomb Unit was on the scene investigating two bags found on a roof in the 1500 block of North Hudson, police said. 

As of 1 p.m., Brown Line service was still shut down and CTA officials urged to commuters to find alternate routes. Just before 1:30 p.m., service was resuming, but officials said to expect "residual delays."

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