Metra cancels some Thursday night service as possible freight railroad worker strike looms

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.

Those workers are set to go on strike on Friday if an agreement isn't reached and while Metra is not involved with negotiations, some of its lines are owned and operated by freight railways.

If a work stoppage does happen, there will be no service on Friday on the BNSF, Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines.

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Metra cancels some Thursday night service as possible freight railroad worker strike looms

In anticipation of a strike by freight railroad workers that would immediately suspend travel on four of its lines, Metra said it has been forced to start limiting services on some of those lines beginning Thursday evening.

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