Open House Meeting With Metra Officials On March 5 At Flossmoor Village Hall

From the Village of Flossmor:

February 20, 2020

Metra officials will hold an open meeting on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Flossmoor Village Hall from 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Commuters are encouraged to attend the meeting to discuss concerns about the proposed schedule changes.

Proposed Inbound changes

• Reduction in the number of trains from Flossmoor to the Millennium Station from 11 to 10
• Reduction in the number of stops from Flossmoor to 59th Street from 8 to 3
• No change in the number of 55th/56th/57th station stops
• Reduction in the number of 59th station stops system wide from 14 to 3
• Reduction from 5 trains to 0 trains that are "first on" in Flossmoor

Proposed Outbound changes

• Increase in the number of trains to Flossmoor from Millennium Station from 8 to 9
• No impact on the number of 59th station stops
• Maintaining 7 stops from 55th/56th/57th station to Flossmoor but a reduction from 4 to 2 during the rush hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Reduction from 5 trains to 0 trains that are "last stop" in Flossmoor

Please review the new schedule and submit your feedback to Metra via the survey. The survey deadline has been extended to March 8.

Download a copy of Metra’s proposal via this comparison schedule.

This press release was produced by the Village of Flossmor. The views expressed here are the author’s own.