If I buy a Ventra card, can I also use this on the Metra train service? Ventra is just a top-up card that I fill up with cash to pay for each ride right? No, Ventra doesn't work on Metra. Metra is old-school - you buy a paper ticket.
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Traditionally Metra trains have been viewed as safer, cleaner, and more orderly than the CTA 'L'. Conductors patrolling the cars on a regular basis discourages crime and problematic rule-breaking such as smoking and littering, which unfortunately seem to be fairly common on CTA trains nowadays.
The CTA is a regional transit system that serves 35 suburbs, in addition to the City of Chicago, and provides 81 percent of the public transit trips in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area either with direct service or connecting service to Metra and Pace.
Metra (reporting mark METX) is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads.
The rail lines operate less frequently than the CTA 'L' and are used primarily by commuters. Thus, the Metra is regarded as safer to ride, and it's more comfortable. ??: Depends on the start and end zones.