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    Below is a list of news releases related to Metra.

    May 8th, 2020

    Metra Employee Leads Campaign to Feed Hospital Workers

    Metra Rules Examiner Arturo Mota knows the power of $10. After hearing that local restaurants were setting aside their own financial… read more

    May 5th, 2020

    Most weekend service to switch to Sunday schedules

    Effective Saturday, May 9, most Metra lines operating weekend service except the Metra Electric will temporarily change to Sunday schedules… read more

    May 4th, 2020

    Metra Electric service to increase May 18 for PTC completion

    Metra will add service on the Metra Electric Line on May 18 in order to complete implementation of the Positive Train Control (PTC) safety… read more

    April 29th, 2020

    Metra to reduce HC, SWS and NCS schedules May 4

    In response to dramatically low ridership due to the COVID-19 crisis, Metra will temporarily further reduce the schedules on its three… read more

    April 21st, 2020

    Metra Honors State of Illinois with Locomotive 402

    (Photo by Dan Marinellie) Locomotive 402’s journey through Metra’s in-house rehab program could be described as fate.   The MP36-3S… read more

    April 14th, 2020

    Metra joins other transit agencies to #SoundTheHorn to honor all essential workers

    Metra is joining with transit agencies in New York and across the nation to salute the heroic efforts of transportation and all other… read more

    April 9th, 2020

    Final new Metra Electric schedule released

    Metra today unveiled the final version of a Metra Electric Line schedule change that was made necessary by the implementation of the new… read more

    April 2nd, 2020

    Metra restricting access to some railcars until further notice

    Metra will be closing one car on all of its trains until further notice in a further move to protect its train crews during the pandemic.… read more

    March 30th, 2020

    Metra launches 2020 construction program

    The reductions in Metra service due to the COVID-19 pandemic are having one positive side effect for the railroad. With fewer trains… read more

    March 23rd, 2020

    Medical personnel ride free during coronavirus pandemic

    Doctors, nurses, EMTs, paramedics and other medical personnel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic will now be able to ride free… read more