(CHICAGO) Metra will be offering a special one-day only $5 unlimited ride ticket to accommodate fans heading downtown Thursday for the Blackhawks parade and rally.
The special ticket will be available from all ticket agents, Metra said. It can be combined with Metra’s “Family Fares” program, which allows three children age 11 or younger to ride free with each fare-paying adult.
Anyone planning to take Metra to the parade and rally is highly encouraged to buy their fare ticket in advance, the rail agency said.
The mayor’s office Tuesday announced the parade will step off at 10 a.m. at Monroe and Jefferson streets, the Sun-Times is reporting. The parade will go east on Monroe to Michigan Avenue.
The Soldier Field rally will be a free, ticketed event. Ticket information wasn’t announced.
More than 425,000 took Metra trains the day of the Blackhawks rally after their 2013 Stanley Cup victory — the second highest daily total in Metra’s history, and about 46 percent higher than a typical Friday in June.
Metra will be adding “as many trains as possible” and expanding capacity to accommodate the crowds. Passengers should check Metra’s website by Wednesday morning for more details.
Heavy passenger loading could delay trains Thursday by 10 minutes, and bicycles and alcohol will be banned from all trains all day. Quiet car rules will also be suspended.
