Wireless

Just like Metra to wave off anything that would bring them into this century.... heck they just started to take credit cards, only about a decade late but want do you expect.

No WiFi On Metra Anytime Soon

Metra Says It's Too Expensive
If you want to send e-mails, connect with the office, or just surf the Web while riding a Metra train, you'd better have your own Internet hookup.

Other cities both big and small have set up wi-fi access on their trains. But Metra says it would be too expensive.

Metra says commuters who want wireless internet access should buy the service through their cell phone providers, although this can cost $20 to $60 per month extra and service is less than reliable on trains, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Monsters & Money in the Morning, co-host Dan Jiggetts says Metra should be looking for a sponsor for wi-fi. Of Metra's complaints about wi-fi being too expensive, co-host Mike Hegedus said, "You have just got to be kidding me."

Metra still punches train tickets by hand and only recently started accepting credit cards, the Tribune pointed out.

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To Much Salt

Winter is over Metra.... maybe you should clean up your stations now before they crumble due to the salt eating away at everything.

The Western Avenue stop has got to be the worst.... salt even dumped inside the tunnel where no snow can ever reach. The salt has caused the metal drainage to corrode so much that the holes in the drainage have closed and water can no longer drain. The cement is starting to eat away and the metal beams are rusting away. Old salt is piled so high on the stairs at times that it is probably more dangerous to slip on then a wet snowy stair.

Maybe Metra is required to use a certain amount of salt each year and they have to use it up no matter if it snows or not. That must be it.