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Commuters are heading back to the office, and tourists are trickling back into the Chicagoland area.
As of Tuesday, Metra had more than 56,637 passenger trips, a post-COVID high but still well below the weekday average of 287,593 passenger trips in June 2019.
“At the start of this year, we were at about 20,000 passenger trips per day. We hit 40,000 by the end of May,” said Metra spokesperson Michael Gillis.
Masks are still required on trains, and $10 all-day passes will be extended through Sept. 30. The pass was introduced in June 2020 and is currently used by about a third of Metra riders.
Red Line stations at Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr will be rebuilt. The new stations will have wider platforms, brighter lighting and elevators. The century-old track structure connecting the four stations will be rebuilt.