Articles filed under Metra
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Metra directors approve 21% raise for top executive, but it's not unanimousSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Metra board members approved a salary increase of about 21% including retirement benefits for the agency's chief Wednesday, but the vote wasn't unanimous. Executive Dire...
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Feds reject initial CN plan for merger with Kansas City railroad that's drawn ire from some suburbsAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - It wasn't a knockout punch, but federal regulators' rejection of an important component of the Canadian National Railway's bid to buy the Kansas City Southern Railway mi...
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Man killed after being struck by Metra train near LibertyvilleJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - A man was struck and killed by an outbound Metra train near Libertyville just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Metra officials said the man was standing "on the t...
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Changes in plans in Glen Ellyn? The latest on the effort to revamp the downtown train stationJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - The concept behind a new Glen Ellyn train station is to create a downtown focal point while giving commuters easier access to a transit hub. Toward that end, village boa...
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Projects to make it easier to get around Mount ProspectJul 20, 2021 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect commuters can expect to have a little more waiting room at the village's downtown Metra station, and drivers can expect fewer delays after the Union Pacif...
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What suburban projects landed in House infrastructure billJul 19, 2021 5:30 am - Like them or hate them, congressional earmarks are back in a five-year, multibillion-dollar U.S. House transportation bill that dangles millions for roads, intersections...
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Metra to add more weekday service to McHenry CountyJul 06, 2021 1:00 am - Metra will add new trains to the Union Pacific Northwest Line between Chicago and Harvard and McHenry beginning July 12. Several currently scheduled trains also will hav...
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Witnesses: Car struck by train in Chicago drove past gatesJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - Witnesses told investigators that a car in which two adults and a 5-year-old girl were killed when it was struck by a Chicago Metra train had pulled out of a row of stop...
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Old train station in Cary set to be demolished later this summerJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - Cary's former Metra commuter train station, which was replaced by a new building in 2019, is set to be demolished later this summer. The Cary Village Board approved a re...
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Five new things at Metra and one never-ending divorceJun 21, 2021 5:30 am - As the pieces of our lost world come flying back, one bellwether of Illinois' COVID-19 recovery is Metra, and currently, it's a fluid situation. Here are five things tha...