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Metra receives FRA grant for new railcars
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Metra to extend service to Rockford by 2027
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Fatality Incidents
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METRA BNSF Line losing ticket agents
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CTA Red Line Extension
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METRA Fare Zone Changes
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Fatal Incident: Clarendon Hills
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South Shore Line Ticketing
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South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute
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US District Court Decision in METRA v UP
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Alstom Coradia Multilevel Coaches
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$100 Monthly Extended thru 2023
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Amtrak MEGA application
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Metra v Surface Transportation Board
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Edgewater Metra Station
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Extending the UP-West Line to Dekalb
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Arlington Park
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Who is the Voice of METRA?
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new 7000-series railcars for CTA?
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Metra BNSF Line Questions
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Possible Strike And METRA
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GO Transit at Bensenville IL, 1992
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CTA wraps 5000 series cars in heritage schemes
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NICTD's New Diesel Paint
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Metra STB Filing Opposes CP/KCS Merger
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Rule 6.30
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CTA Red-Purple Bypass
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CTA Historical Calendar 2022
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Outlying yards: Less is more?
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Extending These Former Lines
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South Shore Line “Mask Optional” Cars
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Oldest Passenger Cars Still In Use
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South Shore East Chicago Bypass
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South Shore Line Track Use
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METRA Electric Line to University Park
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L Mileage
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NICTD West Lake Line
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Metra adding service to three more routes
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South Bend Fire Department Highliner
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L Questions
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Future of ATS
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Passed Without Comment
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Penalty For Progress - PTC
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Vanshnookenraggen's Chicago Track Map
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History of Chicago Commuter rail.
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METRA sues UP over fare collections
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Ticket office closing
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CTA Awards 7000 Series Contract to CSR
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F59PHI’s
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owl service Blue Line O'Hare to Rosemont
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From the Daily Herald 31 August 2020
by John_Perkowski  - 
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NICTD 1000 (grey ghost)
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Metra and UP POS Agreement Changes
by MetraBNSF  - 
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Distances on L Lines
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New Cars and units
by John_Perkowski  - 
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75th Street CIP
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South Shore delays
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