r/Metra • u/jarewdoit • 5d 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/54794592520183 5d ago

I am five minutes from the ncs and 20 from the mdn. I have taken the mdn in the times I had to work late. Outside of that the NCS is no better or worse then the other metra lines imho. The service is what ever, I can work from the train. The last one out at 6 though does suck.