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., […]
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth came to Woodstock last week with encouraging words about the relocation of Metra’s rail yard from downtown Crystal Lake to the west side of Woodstock. City […]
Over the past five years, the Woodstock train station has hopefully welcomed a series of tenants that sadly did not result in “happily ever after.” Coffee and sandwich shop Centerville […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Engineering costs of $4 million to move the rail yard of Metra’s northwest line from Crystal Lake to Woodstock has made the first cut in Congress. A […]
Cost of engineering to move the rail yard of Metra’s northwest line to Woodstock is among the projects U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood has submitted for consideration by the House Committee […]
Metra officials have ‘long range’ plans for Woodstock development
Woodstock’s recently remodeled Metra depot will get a ribbon-cutting this week and, possibly, a new tenant in the near future – a butcher shop with a deli. The rehabilitation of […]
Expect to see activity pick up this week on about $200,000 in improvements to the Metra depot in Woodstock. A fence went up around the station several weeks ago, but […]
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 […]
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 […]
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