Metra Getting Ready to Really Fly!

The Metra Board of Directors has announced that commuter passenger service will return to Elburn beginning on Monday, January 23, 2006 after a 50-year hiatus. It is my understanding the US Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta have both been invited to attend Elburn's opening ceremony.

Ceremony details will be available after the new year, as will an updated train schedule for both the Elburn and Lafox station additions to the UP West Line.

Our ceremony will likely include a press conference and speeches at Village Hall, followed by a bus tour of the new Metra facilities. I intend to lobby for a short train ride as well. These are exciting times for Elburn, as Metra's $134 million "new start" extension culminates over 16 years of planning process and railroad construction within the Village of Elburn.