Best bet to rename Metra rail lines: Use history, geography as a guide
To address this, Metra is seeking rider input on two proposed naming systems through a public survey. This move is both ...
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Metra Announces 2025 Construction Programme
Metra has unveiled its 2025 construction programme, detailing a series of infrastructure improvements across its network.
Metra train hits truck in Chicago's southwest suburbs, causing delays
As seen from CBS Skywatch, the truck remained upright at the scene and did not seem to be seriously damaged. No injuries were reported.
New Amtrak Borealis train connecting Twin Cities to Milwaukee at over 100,000 riders
Amtrak Borealis is a 13-stop route between St. Paul and Chicago, with eight stops in Wisconsin, including two in Milwaukee.
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Chicago’s Metra announces 2025 infrastructure upgrade plan
Metra has announced a comprehensive 2025 construction programme, focusing on station improvements, track maintenance ...
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STB sets schedule for Metra-Union Pacific trackage rights case
The Surface Transportation Board has set the schedule to address Metra’s request for action compelling Union Pacific to ...
30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gassing, survivors and victims’ families still seeking closure
Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...
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‘A spiral effect’: 40% service cuts estimated if Metra, Pace, CTA veer over the fiscal cliff
More than 50% of BNSF trains canceled. Half of the 'L' shut down. No Pace weekend service. Transit leaders laid out a ...
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Where’s my Metra train? Railroad updates progress of installing digital signs, ticket machines
Installation of new ticket vending machines and train tracking signs at Metra’s 243 stations are progressing as planned, officials said Wednesday. So far, 285 signs have been installed at 110 ...