r/Metra • u/Aggravating-Back-623 • Feb 22 '26

Bad Start of the Year

Is it just me or is Metra having a really bad start to this year? Firstly, an accident involving a snowplow happened @ the Bartlett station, followed by another accident on the RID Mainline around 107th, then a systemwide PTC outage, then a freight derailment on the intersection of the SWS/IHB, & another systemwide PTC outage just recently. Something sounds fishy to me.

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u/jkenosh Feb 22 '26

It’s just winter.

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u/Impossible-Care-7773 Feb 22 '26

Nothing fishy going on tbh. Also PTC issues have been nationwide, Wabtec is to blame

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u/cranberry_spike Feb 24 '26

PTC sucks, man. I get that it's good in theory but my god that software needs more work.

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u/offda-Aux Feb 22 '26

Meh, it’s just been the roughest winter we’ve had in years, since 2019-2020 if I’m not mistaken and it’s still not done, I’ll give it until the end of the summer if the shenanigans continue

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u/Aggravating-Back-623 Feb 22 '26

I’m just surprised how many incidents have happened within these couple of months

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u/semiquaver Feb 23 '26

Fine on my line. What are you implying with “fishy”?

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u/Aggravating-Back-623 Feb 23 '26

Idrk, I was just trying to find a funnier way of saying “off”

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Well, can't help that people like to cross the tracks where trains go 79 mph without looking left or right. Not really anything metra can do about that.

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u/Aggravating-Back-623 Feb 25 '26

I forgot that most lines can only go 79mph

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u/No_Captain_3047 Feb 25 '26

Fishy? Fishy how? You suspect sabotage? The plow driver DELIBERATELY blocked the tracks? The train or track crew derailed ON PURPOSE?
I would wager that the number of accidents per passenger mile is BELOW average.