Trains3d
Metra considering renaming of commuter rail lines
Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from their current names — which largely are derived from their ...
Metra wants to hear from riders on possible new line names, as Union Pacific phased out
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. Some new ...
Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters
Metra on Monday acknowledged the confusion and began a public outreach effort that could potentially rename all of its lines ...
Trains2d
Metra could face 40% service cuts under ‘fiscal cliff’
For most of Wednesday’s annual presentation to Northwestern University’s Sandhouse Rail Group, representatives of Metra and ...
Daily Herald2d
All aboard the M1? Metra considers renaming train lines
Or switching the Union Pacific North Line to Metra 1 (M1)? Metra is surveying passengers about a potential rebranding to make ...
Evanston Now4d
Metra may rename commuter lines
Metra, the region’s commuter rail operator, wants public input on whether to change the identification of its 14 Chicagoland ...
Chicago Tribune3d
New names could be in store for Metra lines, as agency sues Union Pacific during takeover of UP routes
Metra warned the dispute could lead to the end of commuter rail service on the Union Pacific lines, which make up 39% of its ridership, as soon as July 1. The federal lawsuit, filed Friday ...
Railway Age3d
Metra to STB: Ensure Passenger Service on UP Lines ‘Continues Uninterrupted’
Union Pacific (UP) has placed Metra’s regional/commuter rail service in Chicagoland “at risk by demanding” that it pay ...
Daily Herald6d
Metra asks feds for relief in feud with Union Pacific over ‘unreasonable’ costs to run trains on tracks
Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track ...