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 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 needs a new revenue line. The rebuilts SD70s would look cool on excursion trains to Ill Rail museum. They have the Rockford project it os possible. Metra can get into running more excursion trains. They have experience with steam trains, take over Polar express operationa from Amtrak, bring back the bar cars/parlor cars, use off peak parties to downtown, bacholor parties, wedings, etc ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman was injured when a Metra train hit a van on Chicago's Northwest Side early Saturday morning, a Metra spokesperson said. Metra said the crash happened near Bryn Mawr in ...
MSN: Metra unveils schedule for 2025 holiday trains in Chicago area. See it here
Metra unveils schedule for 2025 holiday trains in Chicago area. See it here
Looking around the Board meeting minutes, I came across a reference that the following RFP was "on the street": While I didn't log into the business portal, it appears from the above that Metra is investigating putting battery electric trains on the Rock Island District. We discussed way back a s...
Caltrain, Metra & VRE were the only users of the Nippon Sharyo low-levels in the US and since Caltrain seems to be transitioning to the Stadler MUs, that leaves just VRE & Metra.