Illinois chooses Metra to operate Chicago-Rockford service (www.trains.com)

submitted 1 year ago by hukaulaba@pawb.social to c/chicago@midwest.social

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other officials announced Thursday that Chicago commuter operator Metra had been selected to partner with Union Pacific to provide two daily rail roundtrips between Rockford and Chicago by 2027.

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Dsaf@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago

Always happy to see more transit options especially expansion of public transit.

Not something you see everywhere in the country

[-] andrew@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Love to see it. I really wish we could use some of this federal funding to add additional new L lines, L stations, or BRT to the CTA.

[-] GeeperBeepers@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

RPM is I think one of their most expensive projects yet. I'm happy to see the redline finally expanding south.

I do think the next goal should be a line out west that runs north to south (think kedzie) but that's certainly a ways out.

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023

32 points (100.0% liked)

Chicago

1042 readers

2 users here now

Welcome to !chicago@midwest.social

where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about Chicago.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil.
No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.
Post anything related to Chicago and the Chicago-land area.

Fediverse Love

Lemmy Communities

Mastodon Servers

banner credit: tim gouw

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

simsymbiote@midwest.social

pbrisgreat@midwest.social