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Tag: Metra

Illinois Capital bill helps revive Rockford Amtrak service proposal

Illinois Capital bill helps revive Rockford Amtrak service proposal

— June 26, 2019

Ever since Amtrak ended the Black Hawk service from Chicago to Galena and Dubuque, Iowa through in 1981 there have been several futile efforts to bring it back. Most recent efforts…

  • State capital plan moves Metra Kendall service closer to reality

    State capital plan moves Metra Kendall service closer to reality

    — June 10, 2019

    When the state of Illinois passed the first capital bill in 10 years, it included $100 million to support something the towns of Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano and Sandwich have…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: Illinois’ long romance with trains endures

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: Illinois’ long romance with trains endures

    — September 27, 2018

    Railroads made Chicago, stealing commerce from steamboat hubs like St. Louis. But it’s a love-hate relationship in the suburbs and Chicago today. Trains brought Abraham Lincoln’s…

  • Northern suburbs look to improve Metra’s North Central Service line

    Northern suburbs look to improve Metra’s North Central Service line

    — September 5, 2018

    The Village of Mundelein and the Regional Transit Authority are working together on a study to figure out how to improve service along Metra’s North Central Service line — and figure…

  • Metra fare pilot lowers ticket prices for less-used, most-expensive stations

    Metra fare pilot lowers ticket prices for less-used, most-expensive stations

    — July 16, 2018

    Train riders in Kenosha, Wis. and some of the more far-flung north and northwestern suburbs and Chicago’s Far South Side neighborhoods saw their fares drop across the board for the…

  • Metra pushes for capital cash to avoid cuts

    Metra pushes for capital cash to avoid cuts

    — November 6, 2018

    Metra commuters will be spared a fare hike in 2019, but without an influx of cash for the rail line those riders may face service cuts in 2020. The rail agency opted to give passengers…

  • Metra says Chicago-to-DeKalb line in long-range plans

    Metra says Chicago-to-DeKalb line in long-range plans

    — September 19, 2018

    It’s been almost 50 years since a passenger train last stopped in DeKalb. It wasn’t for the lack of trying. When Metra first began planning to extend its the Union Pacific West…

  • Kendall communities still seek BNSF Metra extension

    Kendall communities still seek BNSF Metra extension

    — September 4, 2018

    The empty park-and-ride lot west of Orchard Road in Oswego is a testament to nearly three decades of unsuccessful attempts to extend Metra commuter rail service from Aurora to Kendall…

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