Bar Car on Metro North

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Nataraj

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Posted by Nataraj on Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:49 PM

Metra is not long distance.

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Datafever

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Posted by Datafever on Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:51 PM

Or perhaps Metra would not want to put up with the rowdiness of inebriated passengers

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RABEL

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Posted by RABEL on Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:25 PM

Interstate,travel time,distance and number of passengers? I believe the various Liquor Licencensing regulations would prohibit the sale on Metra Trains. Public consumption

is also prohibited in some communities.

eolafan

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Posted by eolafan on Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:25 PM

Nataraj wrote:
metra is a commuter train, not sure they would make a lot of money with a cafe car...

Metro North is also a commuter train that runs through many individual municipalites and they still have a bar car on many of their longer distance trains, so where's the difference?

Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim)

RABEL

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Posted by RABEL on Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:11 PM

Nataraj wrote:
metra is a commuter train, not sure they would make a lot of money with a cafe car...

I doubt they could do it Legally due to Liquor License restrictions of various Municipalities.

Nataraj

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Posted by Nataraj on Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:06 PM

metra is a commuter train, not sure they would make a lot of money with a cafe car...

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eolafan

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Bar Car on Metro North

Posted by eolafan on Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:52 AM

After reading a very interesting article in the TRANSPORTATION section of the Chicago Tribune about bar cars this morning, I though I would share a neat web site with all of you. When I lived in NY and commuted on Metro North (back then it was only Penn Central) I would occasionally ride in the bar car or catch a beer from one of the platform bar carts, and now live in metro Chicago and ride Metra now and then, but have not heard of bar cars on Metra (are there any?). Enjoy www.barcar.com

Jim

Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim)