Articles filed under Metra
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Car breaks down on tracks, struck by trainJan 25, 2013 4:54 pm - An outbound Metra train struck an unoccupied car near the Des Plaines train station during the Friday evening rush hour, authorities said. The vehicle broke down as it w...
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Wi-Fi train hasn’t left the Metra stationJan 19, 2013 5:00 am - Offering free Wi-Fi on Metra trains is proving to be an elusive and time-consuming goal. In 2011, Metra administrators asked wireless providers to submit proposals to pr...
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RTA mum on harassment complaintJan 17, 2013 4:57 pm - Regional Transportation Authority officials circled the wagons around Executive Director Joseph Costello after a report surfaced he had been subject to a sexual harassme...
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Metra gives 299 workers raises of up to 33 percentJan 17, 2013 2:00 pm - Bumps of up to 33% come just before rate hikes
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RTA vote allows CTA borrowingJan 16, 2013 10:59 am - A vote by RTA directors Wednesday ended the latest transit funding crisis, giving the CTA a green light to borrow $1 billion over the next three years for improvements. ...
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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...