METRA Electric Train 804 aproaching 27th Street![]() South Shore Line trains share the METRA Electric District with bi-level electric trains. In 1998 METRA had 83 pairs of electric cars, compared to the 58 individual cars and trailers operated at that time by NICTD on the South Shore Line. METRA added another 13 pairs of cars in 2005. The South Shore now has 74 cars and trailers. | |
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| 804 enters the 27th Street Station. Note that this is Train 804 - not unit 804! | Another rail service in Chicago is the Elevated CTA lines (or El). |