Usually BNSF will post schedules for extra service at the six outer most stations since they're served by the extra trains. I haven't seen any schedules for extra service posted but I wouldn't be surprised if there is extra service.
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doepack wrote:"Early quit" service for Good Friday, also note the change in hours for ticket agents at outlying stations, most of them are quitting early too; if not closed altogether...Seems like Metra decided to rethink the no change to SWS, there is now an early 3:40 train to Manhattan which wasn't there previously. Then oddly enough, they did not cancel the usual 5:40 to Manhattan, rather the 6:15 to Orland.
F40CFan wrote:I hate the "waste of Chicago". The trains are filled with tourists and amateur drinkers who seem to think taking already crowded rush hour trains is a good idea.You got something against (us) tourists? What, you never take a trip and ride on a system in another place? Just kidding!!
F40CFan wrote:I love when tourists come here and spend, just not during rush hour.
7express wrote:Though it is humorus when the conductors come around and charge them an extra $5 because they don't have peak ticket, or even more if they don't have a ticket at all.I like the idea of a "peak ticket", I've been thinking they should do something like that here. As for defining peak time, it would be any train on which they don't allow bicycles. This is clearly documented in the timetables.
F40CFan wrote:I like the idea of a "peak ticket", I've been thinking they should do something like that here. As for defining peak time, it would be any train on which they don't allow bicycles. This is clearly documented in the timetables.
7express wrote:With that in mind if your on a peak train, it's a 15% surcharge from off-peak prices (my 10 trip off peak from Bridgeport-GCT is $100 compared to $155 for a peak 10 trip). If you don't have a ticket its $3 or 4 extra dollars, which'll be about the same price as if you have an off-peak ticket.Here, it's a $3 surcharge for any ticket bought from the conductor on the train if a ticket agent was on duty at the station, but it applies to ALL trains. Does MN only apply the surcharge to just peak trains?
7express wrote:Why I like peak hour trains is that their less crowded first off (because there's more) and second is that people are either doing work, sleeping, or reading the paper. I don't have to listen to some yodel screaming on his phone the 90 minute trip, and on peak trains if someone has to use the phone normally they go into the vestuble, or use a low tone.We sure could use some of that cell phone etiquette around here. Rush hour trains aren't bad usually, but it can get pretty annoying on off-peak trains...