Leaving work early didn’t do all that much good.
Area workers in droves Tuesday left their jobs well before quitting time trying to beat the blizzard, but the the preemptive move still didn’t prevent hundreds of the early commuters from getting stuck on buses, trains and in their cars for hours.
Hordes of travelers crammed onto the platforms and trains at Union Station as Metra staff held paper schedules and made frequent announcements directing passengers to trains operating on altered schedules and making additional stops.
But things didn’t get much better once riders got on trains.
Delays of more than two hours were reported on some Metra lines Tuesday.
Electronic problems with the track switching mechanisms led to everything from half-hour delays to train cancellations.
The full story appears on the Chicago Tribune website.