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[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. [1] [3] As of May 2024, an infill station, Auburn Park, is currently under construction on the Rock Island District. The newest Metra station in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago opened on May 20, 2024.
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.
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 ...
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.
The Milwaukee District North Line (MD-N) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs, running from Union Station to Fox Lake.Although Metra does not refer to any of its lines by color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District North line are pale "Hiawatha Orange" in honor of the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.
On June 1, 1993 Metra took over operations and renamed it the SouthWest Service. [4] The rail line expansion project, which includes 11 miles (18 km) of new track and at least two additional train stations, was completed (except for the Laraway Road station) in January 2006. The number of trains per day was doubled from 16 to 30, 15 in each ...
Commuter rail, Intercity rail, Freight rail: Operator(s) Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, Amtrak, Metra: History; Completed: 1873: Technical; Line length: 85.5 mi (137.6 km) Number of tracks: 2, 3: Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Signalling: Centralized traffic control