Monday, February 4, 2013
The price of the 10-ride ticket is no longer discounted.
Metra riders are no longer getting a discount for purchasing a 10-ride fare. The Metra Board of Directors voted last month to change the cost of the once discounted 10-ride pass to be equivalent to the price of 10 one-way fares, instead of nine. The change was made to help fund capital improvement projects, the Pioneer Press reports. The policy went into effect Feb 1. Barrington commuters will now pay $62.50 for a 10-ride pass, or $6.25 for a one-way ticket. Monthly passes are $178 and weekend tickets are $7. Ten-ride tickets purchased between Nov. 17 and Jan. 31 are valid through Feb. 28. What do you think about the Metra fare increase? Will you take Metra less?
Sunday, June 17, 2012
The incident happened Sunday, June 17 around 11:15 a.m.
UPDATE 8:55 a.m.: The Lake County Coroner reports that the deceased has not yet been identified. The cause of death has been confirmed as multiple traumatic injuries. The coroner's office says it's too early to say if the incident was a suicide or accidental. ... A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a Metra Train on Father's Day. It happened around 11:15 a.m. at Cuba Road and Route 14 along the Union Pacific Northwest line, between the Fox River Grove and Barrington Metra Stations. Metra officials say the incident also damaged the train upon impact, causing an extremely long delay for passengers. "The train was stopped for quite a long time partially because the train itself was damaged in the incident. The passengers were taken…
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Woman dies in fatal incident at Barrington Metra Station.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Police identified 62-year-old Barbara Russ of North Barrington as the woman who died this morning's fatal incident at the Barrington Metra Station. Lake County Coroner Richard Keller ruled her death a suicide, according to a statement issued by the Barrington Police Department. Barrington Police confirm that Russ was struck and killed by the train just after 7 a.m. She was taken to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, where she later died from her injuries. Lake County has seen several train-related deaths in 2010, including a Barrington teen suicide in August and the death of one Lake Forest Academy student and the injury of another in February. The two students were walking along the tracks near Lake Forest when an Amtrack train struck them…
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Grapefruit Simmons
1:23 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
What do we think? What can we think? We can't do anything but bend over and accept! The trains continue to run later and later, can barely make it to Chicago on mornings that are bitterly cold (really, Metra? Really?), and if you truly have a question or need help, good luck finding a conductor available to give you more than a shrug and a "move on." We continue to allow the railways to run as if… more ›