Plan Calls for Metra Train in S-E WI

A $150 million plan to expand commuter rail service in southeastern Wisconsin may be about to move ahead. A series of public hearings
on the plan wrapped up last night and the large majority of people who spoke are in favor of the trains. Chuck Quirmbach reports.

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Plan Calls for Metra Train in S-E WI

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