Metra has announced cancellations to its schedule Thursday night as the commuter rail service braces for a possible nationwide railroad strike.
The Amtrak schedule through Chicago has been changed after thousands of railroad workers threatened to go on strike.Some Metra trains won't be running beginning Thursday night as the commuter rail service braces for a possible nationwide work stoppage by freight railroad workers.
Services on Metra's Electric, Rock Island, Southwest Service, Milwaukee District North and Milwaukee District West lines are expected to operate on Friday regardless of a strike. Among the routes being suspended are long-distance routes from Chicago to Los Angeles, Chicago to Seattle, Chicago to San Francisco and a portion of one of its routes that runs from Los Angeles to San Antonio.
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