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In 1998, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission found the creation of a 33-mile rail service through Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha to be feasible. [1] In 2005, the state of Wisconsin created a temporary regional transit authority covering Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha for stewarding the project, but the temporary RTA did not have authority to operate or construct the ...
With an average weekday ridership of 294,600 in 2015, Metra is the fourth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States, only behind New York City metropolitan area systems. [1] [2] The Metra system has a total of 243 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks.
It is the northernmost station of the entire Metra system, making it the most northern station in the entire RTA network. As of 2018, Kenosha is the 135th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 345 weekday boardings. [1] It is the only passenger station in Kenosha County, since Amtrak's closest station is in Sturtevant.
Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colors, but the timetable accents for the Union Pacific North line are dark "Flambeau Green," a nod to the C&NW's Flambeau 400 passenger train. [ 4 ] Until 2022, a private club car ran weekdays exclusively on the Union Pacific North Line.
The Metra Electric District is a 31.5-mile (50.7 km) electrically powered route from Millennium Station to University Park, with an additional 9.1 miles (14.6 km) of branch lines serving Blue Island (except Sundays and holidays) and South Chicago (93rd Street). The line had an average of 28,100 passenger weekday trips in 2018–2019.
Western Kenosha County Transit is a regional bus service operating route deviation and door-to-door service throughout Kenosha County, Wisconsin, mainly serving the rural areas west of Interstate 94. Western Kenosha County Transit runs a weekday route deviation service between Twin Lakes and the city of Kenosha .
The Great Lakes station is one of two commuter railroad stations in North Chicago, Illinois, served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line.The station (officially located at 3000 South Sheridan Road) is 32.2 miles (51.8 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line, [2] and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Metra's Union Pacific North Line trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Kenilworth is in zone 3. As of 2018, Kenilworth is the 98th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 501 weekday boardings. [1]