Metra Trains Stopped in Lake Bluff, Highwood

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific/North Line were stopped Friday morning due to police activity, according to Metra.

A train scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 10:36 a.m. was stopped at the Lake Bluff station, Metra announced at 9:25 a.m., and a train scheduled to arrive in Waukegan at 9:54 a.m. was stopped at the Highwood station and a train scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 11:33 a.m. was stopped at Great Lakes.

The Lake Forester reported that a suspicious package was discovered near the Lake Forest station around 9:30 a.m.

The trains remained stopped at 10:18 a.m., according to Metra.

More information will be reported as it becomes available.