Metra's UP North line back on schedule

Metra officials say that most trains on the Union Pacific North Line between Kenosha and Chicago are back on time after being more than one hour late Monday morning due to mechanical failure.

Metra spokesman Tom Miller said train number 302, due into the city at 6:15 a.m., broke down in North Chicago and needed to be repaired.

Because of it, every train behind the 302 on the Union Pacific North Line was forced to wait for the repairs to be made.

"So, the 302 was one hour, 20 minutes late, then the 304 was one hour behind schedule. The 308 was less than one hour and so on," he said.

He said the train makes stops in Lake Forest, Waukegan, Highland Park, Evanston and Winnetka. He said because the Union Pacific North Line is only a two-track system, and that trains could not be rerouted around the disabled one.