Articles filed under Metra
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Freight railroad merger draws fiery comments on Day 1 of federal hearingSep 28, 2022 1:00 am - Supporters and opponents of a merger between the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern freight railroads laid out vastly diverging scenarios at a federal hearing Wed...
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Metra billboard sparks grim interpretation on social mediaSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - For nearly three decades, millions of gridlocked motorists inching along the Ohio Street feeder ramp toward the Kennedy Expressway have glanced up to see a Metra billboa...
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Woman struck by Metra train in Mount Prospect identifiedSep 21, 2022 1:00 am - A Mount Prospect woman has been identified as the person struck and killed Tuesday evening by a Metra train in the village's downtown. Police said a preliminary investig...
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Train strikes, kills pedestrian in Mount ProspectSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - A woman died after she was struck by a Metra train Tuesday evening in Mount Prospect. Shortly before 5:20 p.m., Train No. 633 hit the woman at the Mount Prospect statio...
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Metra service to return to normal after labor agreement reachedSep 15, 2022 1:00 am - It's all back to normal on Metra, officials said Thursday, after the resolution of a labor dispute between freight railroads and the workers that maintain the tracks and...
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'What we can control, we will': Metra preps for strike that could halt UP, BNSFSep 14, 2022 1:00 am - Metra expects Milwaukee District trains will run Friday along with three other lines, but the popular Union Pacific and BNSF routes will be sidelined if freight rail wor...
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No Metra service Friday? Potential strike could halt trains on most routesSep 13, 2022 1:00 am - With fraught negotiations between freight railroads and workers stalling, Metra warned riders to prepare for a potential strike on Friday that could halt trains on most ...
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Rail crossing in Bartlett closing for construction WednesdaySep 13, 2022 1:00 am - The rail crossing at Prospect Avenue between Railroad and Oneida avenues in Bartlett will be closed for more than a week beginning Wednesday for construction work, villa...
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Will suburbs opposing railroad merger plan beat the odds?Sep 12, 2022 5:30 am - Fourteen years ago, suburbanites marched with homemade signs, lobbied their congressmen and hired lawyers in hopes of defeating a proposed merger between mega railroad C...
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'We're being railroaded': Suburban leaders blast merger plan in front of federal regulatorsSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - Federal regulators got an earful Monday about the proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways at a forum in Itasca. The two railroads are a...