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‘Big improvement’ in Metra rail service to, from Woodstock train station

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Metra station's new departures to Chicago, arrivals to Woodstock effective April 25.

Metra’s service in Woodstock will return to normal this month – even better than before COVID-19. Whereas three weekday trains now leave the local depot for Chicago before 8 a.m., five will head inbound before 8 effective with the new schedule Monday, April 25. That’s one better than the four early inbound trains that Metra […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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