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Get to the station early so you get a good spot in line. RT. 59 packs the train! Upvote1Downvote David KilDecember 12, 2011 Been here 5+ times Better be an early riser if you want to find a parking space. That reminds me, I'd better pay that right meow. UpvoteDownvote aylinMarc...
Full time students enrolled in a grade school or high school can purchase reduced fare tickets and passes. College students are not included in the program. Student fares are in effect at all times. When purchasing a ticket, students must present a valid letter of certification from their schoo...
Sensenbrenner skipped his walk to the station in southwest suburban Worth for about nine months when COVID-19 first hit. When his law firm summoned him back to the city, he noticed something different on the commute home. "The last train for the Southwest Service Line Monday through Fr...
Last year, testing by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Respiratory Health Association found that trains pulling out of Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center can have air trapped inside passenger cars that contains levels of diesel soot up to 72 times higher than on neighboring stree...
“Conductors will continue to ensure at all times that passengers safely board and disembark from trains.” To ensure that the passengers implement social distancing, Metra has requested the passengers to not sit in nearby seats and to not crowd at the aisles or train vestibules. ...
Metra is planning to improve the 111th St. Station near Pullman National Monument. The Metra Electric runs like a vein through mostly Black communities on the city’s South Side and south suburban communities and could serve as an economic engine for these areas, which have long suffered from...
Full time students enrolled in a grade school or high school can purchase reduced fare tickets and passes. College students are not included in the program. Student fares are in effect at all times. When purchasing a ticket, students must present a valid letter of certification from their schoo...
Riding the Train Be sure to arrive at the station early so that you have time to park your car and purchase your ticket. Be advised that times listed in Metra timetables are departure times from each station, not arrival times; please plan accordingly and give yourself time to be in positi...