Metra to boost Hyde Park service, cut some trains to Blue Island, South Chicago

Metra will increase service at the Hyde Park and Pullman neighborhood stops along the Metra Electric District line next month, but will cut some trains on the Blue Island and South Chicago branches.

The commuter rail service is also cutting midday express service between Chicago and Blue Island on its Rock Island Line after a yearlong pilot failed to attract enough riders. The changes affecting service to and from the South Side and south suburbs were announced at the agency’s regular monthly board meeting Wednesday and will start Sept. 11…Please click here to read Mary Wisniewski’s story in the Tribune.