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Metra considering renaming of commuter rail lines
Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from their current names — which largely are derived from their historic operators — to one of two alphanumeric systems, one of which also uses color coding to a significant degree.
Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters
Metra on Monday acknowledged the confusion and began a public outreach effort that could potentially rename all of its lines by number or direction. For example, naming them M1 to M14 — with the “M” standing for Metra. Or naming them by their cardinal direction: N1, W1 and S1.
Metra Considers Renaming Lines Across the Chicago-Area System. Your Feedback is Welcome
Metra has launched a survey to get feedback on potentially renaming lines to make the system “easier to understand for new and occasional riders,” according to the rail service on Monday.
Metra considers renaming lines, changing maps for Chicago area
Metra is considering renaming its lines in the Chicago area. The rail agency has released a survey to gauge public feedback on the potential changes, saying it aims to "make the system easier to understand for new and occasional riders."
Why Metra is considering renaming its train lines
Metra is inviting the public to weigh in on a potential overhaul of its train line names, a move aimed at making the system more user-friendly for new and occasional riders.
Metra to survey riders on potential renaming of train lines
Union Pacific and UP will be phased out of those line names, so the agency decided it was a good time to consider renaming all its lines that don't follow a consistent pattern.
Metra considers changing the names of all its lines, asks public to weigh in
A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines has given the agency an opportunity to rename all lines, and the public has a chance to weigh in.
Metra wants to hear from riders on possible new line names, as Union Pacific phased out
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. Some new ...
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