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4/19/22

 

 

Metra

 

Given Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement, starting immediately, masks will be welcome but not required while traveling on Metra.

 

 

 

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Trains News Wire

 

Metra restores full Saturday service on seven lines, adjusts UP Northwest schedule

 

May 27, 2022

 

Changes on Northwest line reflect ridership data, customer comments

 

 

CHICAGO — Commuter rail operator Metra will restore Saturday schedules to pre-pandemic levels on seven lines as of this Saturday, May 29, and has also announced it will revise its weekday schedule on the Union Pacific Northwest line.

 

The new schedules will be introduced on the BNSF, Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, Rock Island, Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest, and Union Pacific West lines. Schedules are posted here on Metra’s website.

 

“The Memorial Day weekend is the official start of the summer season, and with many events and festivals returning to Chicago, it’s the perfect time to welcome back our customers,” Metra CEO/Executive Director Jim Derwinski said in a press release.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

The Center Square,  7/6/22:

 

 

 Metra ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels as expenses grow  

 

 

Ridership on Metra, the taxpayer-supported commuter train agency that serves Chicago and its suburbs, continued to remain significantly below pre-pandemic levels in 2021 while the agency's operating expenses continued to grow.

 

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[KevinKorell]

The Center Square,  7/13/22:

 

 

   Transit expert says Metra ridership that plummeted during pandemic may not return  

 

 

Metra, the commuter rail system that serves Chicago and its suburbs, could face fresh challenges when federal operating funds run out in 2025. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

CBS Chicago,   8/13/23:
 

Four new trains coming to Metra Electric Blue Island line service    

 

 

 In encouraging news from Metra, the commuter rail agency says ridership keeps growing as people return to a regular commuting schedule after pandemic slowdowns. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Chicago, IL Sun-Times, 8/17/23:

 

 

 

    The 9-to-5 commuter is going extinct. That spells change ahead for Metra.  

 

 

During a summer jam-packed with delays on the Kennedy Expressway and the L, Gabriela Jirasek says something you don’t hear often these days in Chicago. 

 

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