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On the same morning changes took effect for Metra ticketing, the Ventra app, which the agency had urged riders to use as it closed most of its ticket windows, went down.

Metra riders will likely notice some big ticketing changes starting Thursday.

Party buses are a common sight, but if you’re looking for a new way to get to a soiree, the CTA has you covered.

Metra is rolling out new fares this week, along with changes for 10-ride tickets and monthly passes. Kye Martin has the story.

Attention Metra riders: there will be some big changes starting this week with how you purchase and use your train tickets.

Illinois drivers who appreciate humorous messages while they’re on area highways will be sad to learn that such signs will be banned in coming years.

Service issues continue at Chicago’s Union Station, as numerous Metra lines are experiencing delays and cancellations.

Some big changes are coming throughout Metra’s system, including on its busiest line.

There could be some big changes coming to the way you purchase and use tickets on the Metra rail system beginning next month.

Metra’s board of directors approved the agency’s budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which included significant changes to the way the agency collects and charges fares on its network of train lines.

It’s not just you — that entrance along Clinton Street at Union Station may be unfamiliar. That’s because it had been closed for decades before reopening in early August.

CTA to Refresh 29 Stations in 2023

Giannoulias revealed that nearly 400 of last year’s 54,236 Illinois vanity plate requests were rejected by the state “due to their tawdry, lewd or offensive nature or because they were difficult to read.”