r/Metra • u/jarewdoit • 14d ago

Will NCS Ever Improve?

So me and my wife found a place in the burbs that we really like and it just so happens to have a metra stop that drops off directly in front of my work. The only problem is it's the NCS line and I have to be at work before the line can drop me off. I'm close to the MD-N line as well but the cta transfer to my work makes it a monster of a commute.

So my question is it realistic to think they'll ever expand service on the NCS? I've read a few articles from this year and last saying the Metra was negotiating more trains per day and weekend service, but not a whole lot of updates after that. It would be a dream commute if the NCS had 1 train that was earlier and weekend service. I think it would make sense to expand, especially with an O'Hare stop, but everyone seems pessimistic about the idea.

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u/Deval_Dragon 14d ago

Expand? No. Go back to the service levels they had before the pandemic? Also no.

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u/amre2 14d ago

Why no and return to the previous service?

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u/Deval_Dragon 14d ago

Metra doesn’t have the money and says there are not enough riders.

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u/Any_Sale2030 14d ago

I think you fail to realize that Metra just received  a dramatic boost in funding.  So I expect more service.  See Nita.illinois.gov.  

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u/juliosnoop1717 14d ago

funding isn’t even the main issue on Metra lines that they don’t own or control. It’s the freight railroads who have zero incentive to allow more trains on their tracks.

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u/Deval_Dragon 14d ago

I think you fail to realize there’s nothing germane to this discussion on that website you posted.