Metra Service resumption and expansion

[artthouwill]

17 hours ago, renardo870 said:

Good evening. I was just wondering if there were any information on full weekday restoration of the NCS line and restoration of Saturday service on the SWS? It seems pre-Covid service has been restored on most lines and some have even expanded (BNSF and UP-N & NW). I believe there was a survey posted about improving service this past Spring. I'm just curious on what the results were and what's coming in the future. 

Metra was fortunate to get NCS to agree to the hourly service from O'Hare to Union Station.   I think the only reason CN played nice was to not ruffle the political feathers when they are going to need favors down the road.  Metra was sure to give thanks to CN for allowing the extra service. 

Not sure if there was enough demand to justify returning Saturday service on SWS.

[renardo870]

On 8/13/2022 at 5:32 PM, renardo870 said:

Has there been any talk of resuming all of Metra services back to pre Covid-19 levels and/or expanding service? I believe Metra had a survey for customers to fill out July 20th to Aug 5th. I know that Metra UP-North needs to have earlier service on Sundays and Holidays going to Waukegan or Kenosha...10:35 AM outbound departure is definitely too late as the other outbound departures begin as early as 4:50 AM to 6:40 AM. 

Amtrak Hiawatha Service 1st Outbound  Sunday train to Milwaukee leaves Union Station at 6:25 AM and the 1st NICTD South Shore train leaves Millennium Park at 8:40 AM towards South Bend, IN.

Finally after many years, someone in Scheduling answered my prayers. Thank you! 🙏🏾 🙌🏾 

https://metra.com/newsroom/metra-expands-up-north-weekend-service