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Illinois Transit

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Commuters board a Metra train at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. President Joe Biden hailed a tentative railway labor agreement he helped to broker that averted an economically perilous nationwide work stoppage less than two months ahead of the November midterm elections. Photographer: Jim Vondruska/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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