Chicagoist: The New Local Transit Bargain: Metra?

lundah

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:43:36 -0600

While Metra is cheaper to my 'hood (Irving Park & Pulaski), it's not nearly as convenient. Between 4pm and 6pm, the normal hours I leave work, there's only 3 trains that actually stop at my stop. There's at least a dozen Blue Line runs during that period. So I'm willing to put up with all the "enjoyment" of the Blue Line to not have to wait 45 minutes for a train home.

via chicago

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:42:12 -0600

I dont understand the point of this idea. Why would you have 2 different train systems on the exact same route? Not to mention how unfeasible this would be in the first place.

HateBrianClub

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:23:47 -0600

Tomorrow in the Sun-Times: the sky is blue. I take the Ravenswood Metra to the Loop in 15 minutes and I nearly always get a seat; it takes 45 minutes sometimes on the Brown Line. Who really cares about 25 cents when you're saving that much time?

matty

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:32:47 -0600

There are a lot of metra stops and lines that should also be CTA lines. If you put a new cta line on each metra line we'd have more lines than NYC.