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Originally Posted by ardecila
Even the Illinois Central, which had some unusual operating practices as they essentially ran rapid transit for the south side, slowly began to lose its best features as Metra took over with its traditional-railroading mindset. Many urban stations were axed, while the rest were left to deteriorate into a shameful set of flag stops. It's absolutely essential for the continued growth of Chicagoland that Metra adapts and embraces a more flexible, broader view of railroading - this is my biggest beef with the Gray Line, which basically admits defeat and claims that the only way for Metra Electric to get reasonable service is to hand the line over to CTA.
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I most have certainly N O T admitted defeat, and the line would N O T be "handed over" to CTA.
CTA would have NO ROLE WHATSOEVER in Operating the Gray Line trains, only forwarding schedule requests to Metra; whose trains would be operated ONLY by Metra crews (with NO on-board Fare collection).
CTA Customer Assistants would man all the Gray Line stations during all train operating hours (just like on the 'L').
But again: CTA would have NO ROLE in the actual operation of the Metra Gray Line trains.