Articles filed under Metra
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Metra train strikes car in Arlington HeightsJan 07, 2013 3:52 pm - A Metra train struck a car in Arlington Heights Monday afternoon, temporarily stopping trains on the Union Pacific Northwest Line in both directions. The minor crash too...
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Planes, trains and automobiles: A look at 2013Dec 30, 2012 10:00 pm - Today we will journey — to the future! Sort of. Four experts have lent their visionary powers to this column to forecast the major transportation stories of 2013. But f...
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Metra trains getting defibrillatorsDec 27, 2012 4:16 pm - The Metra commuter rail service is installing hundreds of portable, easy-to-use defibrillators on all of its trains, becoming only the second major transit system in the...
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Minor train derailment in ChicagoDec 25, 2012 6:10 am - Authorities say a commuter train at a downtown Chicago station has derailed, but no passengers were on board. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says ther...
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Toll hikes, NATO among 2012's top transit storiesDec 23, 2012 10:00 pm - Read-them-and-weep gas prices. A failed plan to institute speed cameras in the suburbs. The completion of Wacker Drive construction — finally. The extinction of the Prai...
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Train safety too costly for some suburbsDec 20, 2012 10:00 pm - Some communities can't make up revenue gap
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Making railroad crossings safer is father's crusadeDec 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Second of three parts Lauren Wilson is frozen in time as a sweet-faced 14-year-old who told her father she wanted to follow in Ronald Reagan's path “from the silver...
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Suburbs fail to mirror state's drop in train collisionsDec 18, 2012 10:00 pm - This is a test correction. First of three parts At least three people a month will die when they are hit by a train in the Chicago region next year, according ...
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Metra raises fares for passengers using 10-ride passesDec 14, 2012 9:40 am - Despite objections, Metra leaders raised fares on 10-ride passes by 11 percent Friday, effective Feb. 1, 2013. The hike follows on the heels of a 30 percent increase in ...
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Will new chairman bring Metra some Irish luck?Nov 26, 2012 4:30 am - It’s crunchtime for Metra’s new chairman, Brad O’Halloran — with big challenges that require a game plan where failure isn’t an option. But am I talking about the fundin...