Dozens of Metra, CTA train, bus lines could be cut due to $770M budget hole: Transit officials
The Regional Transit Authority warned that COVID fund running out could lead to at least four of eight CTA train lines could close, as many as 74 of CTA’s 127 bus routes would be eliminated, leading c ...
Some Metra suburban lines facing ‘extensive delays' due to police activity
Some west suburban Metra rains Monday afternoon were stopped and faced "extensive delays" due to police activity, Metra said ...
A train trip drove Chadwick Stokes to write rock opera ‘1972’
Stokes. But its mix of art and activism is familiar. Since the ’90s and his work with Dispatch, Stokes’ output has largely ...
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How To Train Your Dragon
Post Ranveer Allahbadia controversy, does OTT or digital content in India also need censorship or regulations? ETimes discusses with industry insiders! ‘Hathya’ OTT release: Where to watch the ...
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Train hauling trash to Oregon catches fire in Kelso
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A train hauling garbage caught fire while traveling through Kelso on Tuesday night, authorities said. According to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue, crews responded to the train ...
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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 train lines easier to understand for infrequent travelers. Riders can ...
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Militants kill 10 people after hijacking passenger train, taking hostages in western Pakistan, officials say
The train, which departed from Quetta at 9 a.m. local time, had nine coaches and was carrying approximately 450 passengers, Kashif said. By Tuesday night, 104 hostages had been freed by security ...
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Metra's proposal to rename its train lines might be just the ticket for riders
A Metra train arrives at the LaSalle Street Metra Station. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Metra deserves credit for thinking about renaming each of its 14 commuter rail lines in a bid to help ...
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Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed
Military spokesperson says 21 hostages, 33 insurgents killed Day-long standoff ends on Wednesday evening Armed men entered train and checked identities, witness says QUETTA, March 12 (Reuters ...
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Metra to change name of Union Pacific North Line, consider systemwide changes
The inbound Union Pacific North Line train at the Davis Street Metra station in 2024. Credit: Igor Studenkov Thirty years after the Metra line that serves the City of Evanston became known as Union ...
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New names could be in store for Metra lines, as agency sues Union Pacific during takeover of UP routes
Commuters wait to board an inbound Union Pacific Northwest Metra train at the Arlington Heights station on Sept. 15, 2022. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Metra is instead proposing three options.
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Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters
She rides Metra from Palatine two or three times a month for business meetings in Chicago. Angelette Smith, 46, said she once missed a UP-Northwest train because she misunderstood a Metra timetable.