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Chicago’s Metra announces 2025 infrastructure upgrade plan
Metra has announced a comprehensive 2025 construction programme, focusing on station improvements, track maintenance ...
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Metra’s SD70MACHs working well, chief operating officer says
Metra is having “great luck” with its fleet of SD70MACH locomotives, Chief Operating Officer Kevin McCann told the Sandhouse ...
RTA outlines ‘doomsday’ transit cuts if budget gap isn’t filled, including slashing bus and train lines
More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could be shut down and Metra ...
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ABB to Provide Traction Tech for New Metra, Caltrans Trainsets
Stadler US will use ABB traction converters and batteries for the new trainsets it is building for Metra commuter rail in Chicago and for future Valley Rail passenger service between Merced and ...
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Taxes on haircuts and miles instead of gas? Amid transit crisis, new funding ideas spring up
With a public transit doomsday looming, two very different ways of increasing state revenues have emerged as the Illinois ...
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RTA outlines ‘doomsday’ transit cuts if budget gap isn’t filled, including slashing bus and train lines
He has also proposed fare hikes, savings from the new oversight model and more state ... and service could stop running entirely on a branch of the Metra Electric line that runs to suburban ...
ABB and Stadler Collaborate to Advance US Passenger Rail
ABB has announced its collaboration with Stadler US to advance sustainable rail transport in the United States (US). The ...
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Chicago’s Metra announces 2025 infrastructure upgrade plan
The programme encompasses bridge replacements on the UP North Line, track and signal upgrades on the Metra Electric ... announcement system and installing new electronic signage on platforms.