I don't if I should review Metra as a whole or just the NW line. That's the route I have taken most often. It makes a stop in Park Ridge and it's end of the line is Harvey,Il. I rode to the end one day for fun to check out the sleepy uninteresting town of Harvey. I boarded back on to visit Woodstock a small town I really like to visit a couple of times per year. Also along this route is a stop for Arlington Park Racetrack. One of the funniest thing to me that I have heard while riding this train is when some folks (obviously rich and stupid) are offered a five dollar weekend pass and they choose to pay way more for even one way rides. The conducter even asks are you going to ride again? They say yes. Does having too much money and being a spoiled suburbanite fry your brain? This cracks me up!
Overall I appreciate and like Metra as a whole when I need them.
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