The free ride on Metra is over

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COVID-19, Metra, train fare, Union Pacific, Union Pacific Northwest line

If you boarded a Metra train in Woodstock during the past six months without a ticket to ride, you were in the clear. Union Pacific conductors on the Northwest line did not leave the front of the train to sell paper tickets or to validate passes purchased on the Ventra app. The free ride ended […]

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COVID-19, Metra, train fare, Union Pacific, Union Pacific Northwest line

Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.

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