Articles filed under Metra
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Metra weathering latest polar episodeJan 27, 2014 8:31 am - Just one challenge — extreme cold — instead of the one-two punch of blowing snow and subzero temperatures earlier this month made for comparatively smooth trips Monday o...
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Police: Alcohol factor in fatal Round Lake Park train crashJan 23, 2014 6:00 am - Father and his 7-year-old daughter killed
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Train strikes SUV in Round Lake Park, killing driverJan 22, 2014 9:01 pm - A Metra train struck an SUV in Round Lake Park shortly after 6 p.m., killing at least one person, Metra officials said. Milwaukee District North Line train No. 2129 stru...
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Report: Metra police were untrained in firearms, didn’t ride trainsJan 22, 2014 3:48 pm - After months of secrecy, Metra finally released a scathing report Wednesday about its police force that gives details about how officers rarely rode trains and were not ...
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Train scrapes front of car in PalatineJan 22, 2014 3:43 pm - A Palatine woman who got caught in traffic too close to the railroad tracks Wednesday morning had the front of her vehicle scraped by a Metra train, Palatine police said...
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Tickets? Metra working toward an app for thatJan 17, 2014 4:57 pm - Coming this fall, Metra riders could buy tickets on trains using their smartphones and an app. Metra planners said Friday they were preparing to send out a request to fi...
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Metra rethinking its police departmentJan 17, 2014 3:41 pm - Noting that their police force could do better, Metra directors said at a Friday meeting they are looking for a modernized, efficient department in the future. The agenc...
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UP apologizes: ‘Our performance was unacceptable’Jan 17, 2014 8:56 am - A Union Pacific executive apologized Friday at a Metra meeting for stranding passengers and other messups during the “polar vortex” earlier in the month. “I could not b...
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Metra hires firm for police chief transitionJan 16, 2014 5:15 pm - Metra will pay $100,000 over two months to Chicago-based security firm Hillard Heintze as part of a transition of its police force that includes an interim chief. The ag...
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RTA chief wants review of Metra after ‘polar vortex’ messJan 15, 2014 10:14 am - Saying he’s underwhelmed by Metra’s handling of the extreme weather last week, RTA Chairman John Gates asked staff to scrutinize the agency’s performance and see if pena...