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‘First in the country’: Metra to showcase game-changing battery-operated passenger train (opens the original)
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A high-tech, battery-powered Metra train will leave the drawing board and enter reality next week. The trainset is headed to Chicago and will be exhibited at the American Public Transportation Association conference, which starts Sunday at McCormick Place, the agency announced. “We’ll be the first in the country to have battery-powered passenger vehicles,” Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski said at a recent meeting. The APTA event is open to the public, and the trainset will later be display
Revamped Metra board picks familiar face to lead group (opens the original)
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Amid conflicting messages about regional unity and divides, a revamped Metra board has chosen a familiar face as its leader. Incoming board directors unanimously picked Romayne Brown of Dolton as chair. She previously served in that position from 2020 to 2024 during the pandemic. Kane County Director Joe McMahon, whose term as chair ended Sept. 1 under provisions of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, nominated Brown and praised her “proven track record.” “It’s challenging, but I have a
‘A perfect storm of problems:’ Feds dig into gate flaw and crew fatigue in deadly Elgin train crash (opens the original)
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Issues involving crew fatigue and performance, along with warning signal flaws, are surfacing as federal authorities continue to probe a fatal freight train crash in Elgin last fall. The driver of a landscaping truck was killed and his two passengers seriously injured when it collided with a Union Pacific Railroad locomotive at 6:29 a.m. Oct. 23, 2025, at the State Street crossing. A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report states that warning devices activated when the train was
Illinois tollway imposes 57% hikes on cars and 30% for trucks, with more to come (opens the original)
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A massive rate increase in 2027 with additional hikes every two years sailed through the Illinois tollway board of directors Wednesday. The 8-0 vote means I-PASS passenger vehicle tolls will rise from an average of 7 cents to 11 cents a mile, or 57%, beginning Jan. 1. Truckers will see a 30% jump. That will be followed by inflation-related increases every two years tied to the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. The CPI will be capped at 8% every two years, with a maximum CPI of 4% eve
Who’s driving the train at Metra? Directors coming and going as transit reforms gel. (opens the original)
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Multiple Metra directors signed off at their final board meeting last week as turnover related to transit reform legislation starts materializing. Six newcomers will sit on the 11-person board in September. Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig joined Metra in 2014 as the agency regrouped after a patronage scandal and front-office turnover. “The last 12 years have been unbelievable, and I’m proud of having served,” the outgoing director said. Other exiting directors are Wes Becton of Elmhurst, Ken Koehle
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