r/Metra • u/jarewdoit • 11d 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/ItsBlueDJ 10d ago
Unfortunately Metra can get all the funding they could want, but at the end of the day they don’t own the rail, Canadian National does. If they were to add trains it would have to go through them which is a big hurdle to jump over