Metra boosting weekend service on BNSF Line Publication Date Thursday, Body Just in time for summer fun, Metra is significantly boosting weekend service on the BNSF Line, adding trains on Saturdays and even more on Sundays to create the same schedule for both weekend days. There wi...
Metra will monitor customer feedback and operations and make future schedule adjustments as necessary. Milwaukee District North The new schedule will increase service on the line to 52 trains from 38 trains. It will: Increase midday service to hourly Add a rush-hour trip to increase capacity Improve reverse-commute service Improve late evening ...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WGN) — A Metra line in the north suburbs was delayed Saturday night after a train and a vehicle collided in Arlington Heights. Metra officials said the Union Pacific Northwest ...
CBS News: Metra Union Pacific Northwest service disrupted after train hits vehicle
Metra trains to Chicago's Northwest Side and northwest suburbs were disrupted during the midday hours Tuesday after a train hit a vehicle. Metra said the front end of a vehicle went under a crossing ...
Train service was interrupted and a major roadway was closed after a Metra train struck a vehicle in Arlington Heights. According to officials, a Metra UP-Northwest train struck a vehicle on Saturday ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra will operate a special early getaway schedule on Good Friday to help accommodate holiday travelers. The trains are designed to get customers home and help them start their ...
CBS News: Metra Union Pacific Northwest trains halted after train hits car on Chicago's Northwest Side
Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest train were halted during the afternoon rush Wednesday after a train hit a car on Chicago's Northwest Side. The train hit the car at the Bryn Mawr crossing, ...
Metra Union Pacific Northwest trains halted after train hits car on Chicago's Northwest Side
MSN: Metra unveils schedule for 2025 holiday trains in Chicago area. See it here
Metra has unveiled its schedule for popular holiday trains on five lines this season. The rail agency said it will offer trips on specially decorated trains with holiday characters this December, but ...
Metra unveils schedule for 2025 holiday trains in Chicago area. See it here
Metra advised commuters on its North Central Service to brace for "extensive" delays after a train struck and killed a pedestrian on Chicago's Northwest Side during the Monday afternoon rush hour.
Metra advised commuters on its North Central Service to brace for “extensive” delays after a train struck a pedestrian on Chicago’s Northwest Side during the Monday afternoon rush hour. Inbound and ...
Authorities warned of "significant delays" in train and vehicular traffic in a northwest suburb of Chicago "for the foreseeable future" after a person was struck and killed by a Metra train Friday ...
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NBC Chicago: Metra unveils schedule for 2025 holiday trains in Chicago area. See it here
an update of the Metra Electric route. I have done a lot of work on the equipment that will ultimately come with the route. here is a partially completed South Shore Line train.
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WGN-TV: Metra service resumes after train and car collide in north suburbs
Chicago Sun-Times: Metra's holiday trains will return in December. Here's how to catch them
Metra's holiday trains will return in December. Here's how to catch them
Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...
Chicago Sun-Times: Metra trains on the move again after truck crashes into bridge on North Side
Metra trains on the move again after truck crashes into bridge on North Side
CHICAGO (WGN) — Metra spokespeople confirmed to WGN News that a pedestrian was struck by a train during its evening commute on Thursday. The condition of the pedestrian struck is unknown at this time.
NBC Chicago: ‘Extensive' delays after pedestrian struck & killed by Metra train on NW Side
‘Extensive' delays after pedestrian struck & killed by Metra train on NW Side
MSN: Extensive delays after Metra train strikes pedestrian on Chicago's NW Side
NBC Chicago: Police warn of ‘significant delays' in northwest suburb after person fatally struck by Metra
Police warn of ‘significant delays' in northwest suburb after person fatally struck by Metra
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Chicago Sun-Times: Metra's proposal to rename its train lines might be just the ticket for riders
Metra's proposal to rename its train lines might be just the ticket for riders
Metra repurchasing five 1950's bi-levels for UP North By jesi2282 in Metra Commuter Rail
Metra Electric South Shore Track 4 Expansion By renardo870 in Metra Commuter Rail
The earliest CNW painted bi-level cars were from 1955 (CNW 1-16 became Metra 7600-7606, 7900/1, 7607-7613). non of these batches remain with Metra. Only 292 of 674 cars are less than 50 years old.
Metra bought the wrong type of equipment for regional service including old frieght engines and the new cars on order. Sure they ran in service doesnt mean its the best use of equipment.
Monday, Metra will close the 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station in Harvey beginning May 16 as the agency undertakes a complete redo of the station that will replace the platforms and add an elevator to make the station accessible to people with disabilities. The station is expec...
A Metra number on a former C&NW car would have been 87xx, if a cab car. It wasn't a cab car, it was the second car behind the engine. I rode it on Tuesday. It also didn't have the old flip over C&NW seats that had a metal back & upholstery on just one side, but the current seats that just flip back & forth with upholstery on both sides.