Metra riders will see a little of the old Woodstock train station in the newly remodeled southeast end of the depot that was opened last week to morning commuters. Benches […]
Beginning Monday, Aug. 22, Woodstock’s train station will have the south entrance open to the public to accommodate Metra’s morning schedule. According to a news release from Kevin Newton, COO […]
Downtown rail crossing will be closed two weeks Union Pacific Railroad will close the crossing at Jefferson and Judd streets for two weeks beginning this coming Monday morning to make […]
How will drivers get into downtown Woodstock this summer? That is a concern of Woodstock Square Business Connection, a seven-month-old group of downtown business owners. At last week’s City Council […]
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 […]
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 […]
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