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Old Posted Aug 28, 2020, 5:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown View Post
I'm not sure additional trains are in the scheme, at least initially, but full fare integration is. You could board a Metra train same as a CTA train, same transfer charge.

There are lots of empty seats on especially the Metra Electric. Letting folks in Riverdale, Harvey, Robbins, or Blue Island more easily get to downtown or North Side service or retail jobs could mean a lot for southern Cook County.
The biggest benificiary would be Hyde Park of course, which already has 20 minute ME headways for much of the day.
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