Metra checks out ticket-monitoring systems
— February 4, 2020Rail commuters can expect to be approached at some of the region’s largest depots. It’s neither politicians stumping for votes (at least not yet) nor marketers handing out the latest…
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Public gets look at proposed Metra stations in Kendall County
— December 4, 2019Jeff Houghton of Oswego was one of more than 70 area residents who attended an open house at the Oswego Village Hall Dec. 3 regarding the potential extension of Metra BNSF commuter…
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Illinois Capital bill helps revive Rockford Amtrak service proposal
— June 26, 2019Ever 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…
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Metra pushes for capital cash to avoid cuts
— November 6, 2018Metra 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…
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Metra says Chicago-to-DeKalb line in long-range plans
— September 19, 2018It’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…
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Officials, community kick off work on new Auburn Park Metra Station
— October 7, 2019Metra isn’t expected to start building the new Auburn Park station in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood’s 79th Street corridor until next spring, but area elected officials…
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State capital plan moves Metra Kendall service closer to reality
— June 10, 2019When 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…
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BICENTENNIAL 2018: Illinois’ long romance with trains endures
— September 27, 2018Railroads 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…
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