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Metra to change name of Union Pacific North Line, consider system-wide changes
The inbound Union Pacific North Line train at the Davis Street Metra station in 2024. Thirty years after the Metra line that ...
Metra wants to hear from riders on possible new line names, as Union Pacific phased out
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. Some new ...
Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters
Metra on Monday acknowledged the confusion and began a public outreach effort that could potentially rename all of its lines ...
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Jacobson picks up Unicam battle over long trains, blocked crossings
The Legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee took testimony Monday on North Platte state Sen. Mike Jacobson’s Legislative Bill 37, which resembles rail-safety bills that stalled ...
Union Pacific to close Texas shop kept open by 19th-century pact
Union Pacific Railroad has notified employees in the East Texas town of Palestine that their jobs — kept in place by an 1872 ...
Metra considers changing the names of all its lines, asks public to weigh in
A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines is giving the agency an opportunity to rename all 14 lines, and the ...