WCR 132 Report post Posted November 5 Per Metra Facebook: Metra on Saturday, Nov. 7, will introduce its first Bike Car, answering the call from bike enthusiasts to have more room for bicycles on its trains. It will be deployed on the Milwaukee District North Line as part of a pilot program that will last into the spring of 2021. Read the news release here: https://bit.ly/3p18KGV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strictures 152 Report post Posted November 6 3 hours ago, WCR said: Per Metra Facebook: Metra on Saturday, Nov. 7, will introduce its first Bike Car, answering the call from bike enthusiasts to have more room for bicycles on its trains. It will be deployed on the Milwaukee District North Line as part of a pilot program that will last into the spring of 2021. Read the news release here: https://bit.ly/3p18KGV It would work a lot better if Metra bought one of the cars that Toronto or Los Angeles uses. Those have a low floor boarding system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajay 10 Report post Posted November 6 4 hours ago, WCR said: Per Metra Facebook: Metra on Saturday, Nov. 7, will introduce its first Bike Car, answering the call from bike enthusiasts to have more room for bicycles on its trains. It will be deployed on the Milwaukee District North Line as part of a pilot program that will last into the spring of 2021. Read the news release here: https://bit.ly/3p18KGV These look nice. Can't wait to see one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTRSP1900-CTA3200 407 Report post Posted November 6 18 hours ago, WCR said: Per Metra Facebook: Metra on Saturday, Nov. 7, will introduce its first Bike Car, answering the call from bike enthusiasts to have more room for bicycles on its trains. It will be deployed on the Milwaukee District North Line as part of a pilot program that will last into the spring of 2021. Read the news release here: https://bit.ly/3p18KGV It’s like an older version of CalTrain! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MetroShadow 214 Report post Posted November 17 On 11/6/2020 at 9:12 AM, MTRSP1900-CTA3200 said: It’s like an older version of CalTrain! The hill that I will die on is that Metra needs to stop ordering gallery cars and start messing around with the Bombardier bi level approaches. After riding Caltrain on and off for five years since I moved here, the gallery cars aren't functional at all. Especially with the bike cars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam92 289 Report post Posted November 17 On 11/5/2020 at 4:27 PM, WCR said: Per Metra Facebook: Metra on Saturday, Nov. 7, will introduce its first Bike Car, answering the call from bike enthusiasts to have more room for bicycles on its trains. It will be deployed on the Milwaukee District North Line as part of a pilot program that will last into the spring of 2021. Read the news release here: https://bit.ly/3p18KGV I’ll pass. My bike is $450 1985 vintage from japan I’ll tear the whole yard apart looking for it if I forgot to go back to the bike card and grab it lmao Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewFlyerMCI 237 Report post Posted November 17 8 hours ago, MetroShadow said: The hill that I will die on is that Metra needs to stop ordering gallery cars and start messing around with the Bombardier bi level approaches. After riding Caltrain on and off for five years since I moved here, the gallery cars aren't functional at all. Especially with the bike cars. They've could've done like MARC and lined them all up on one side at an angle and fit vastly more bikes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John7 38 Report post Posted November 17 I heard that they started collecting fares onboard UP trains. can anyone confirm this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strictures 152 Report post Posted November 18 On 11/17/2020 at 12:33 AM, MetroShadow said: The hill that I will die on is that Metra needs to stop ordering gallery cars and start messing around with the Bombardier bi level approaches. After riding Caltrain on and off for five years since I moved here, the gallery cars aren't functional at all. Especially with the bike cars. I totally agree, I rode the LA Metrolink trains & the low floor boarding is great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
