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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

Commuters seeing a showcase of the Metra Café Cart on LaSalle Street Station on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. The showcase gave out free snacks and drinks as well as a survey for commuters to give feedback on for possible future changes.

Metra introduces new Café Car and wants rider’s input

The pilot program will run this fall on selected Metra train lines.
Tori Malek, Contributing Writer / October 13, 2025

Metra riders will have a new seat at the table with the latest change to commuter life: the Café Car prototype, which Metra debuted on Sept. 30. This pilot program could become a regular occurrence...

A Metra train leaves Downtown Chicago. The suburban rail division of the Regional Transportation Authority announced a fare increse of roughly 10 percent that will take effect as early as February. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

OPINION: Sitting in the conductor’s seat

A senator from DePaul’s Student Government Association weighs in on commuter students, Metra fares and what the university should do.
Marcus Townsend / February 9, 2020

It’s no secret that DePaul University is a commuter school – over 90 percent of us commute in some form. In fact, I’m sure many other students currently enrolled at DePaul could relate to my first...

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