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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2018

Clever Devices to replace Metra tracking, announcement systems

The contract also calls for a test on 11 cars of an automatic passenger counting system that uses cameras in the entrances.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2018

Metra ends 'anonymous' purchases on Ventra mobile payment app

If a phone is lost, stolen, damaged or replaced, user’s account information can be used to restore any tickets that were lost.

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Newsby StaffNovember 12, 2018

Metra adds more vehicles to replace aging fleet

The F59PHs were built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. in 1988.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2018

Public-private partnership formed to test Metra reverse-commute

Metra to work with businesses and governments to add Milwaukee North trains

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2018

Chicago lands $130M for rail infrastructure upgrades

The funding is provided through the $1.5 billion Infrastructure for Rebuilding America discretionary grant program in partnership with Metra, Amtrak, and more.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2018

Metra marks completion of major PTC milestone

Chicago is the most complex railroad network in the country, with 1,300 to 1,400 trains operating over multiple railroads every day.

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Newsby StaffJuly 18, 2018

Metra to open railcar procurement to alternative car designs

Agency received only one response to its initial RFP for new bi-level gallery cars.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2018

Chicago's Metra launching 2 fare zone pilot programs

In May, the board of directors approved testing several recommendations that emerged from a study of its fare policies.

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Newsby StaffMay 10, 2018

Metra board approves fare pilot programs

The ideas were among recommendations that emerged from a fare policy study that began in 2016.

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Newsby StaffMay 2, 2018

Metra breaks ground on Rock Island rehab shop expansion

Once completed, the agency will be able to rehab 60 railcars a year.

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