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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.
The Amtrak trains, along with the Metra Heritage Corridor, currently use the CN Joliet Subdivision from Joliet to Chicago. Train traffic on the Joliet Subdivision causes frequent delays to Amtrak trains, and Amtrak proposed to reroute the Texas Eagle and Lincoln Service over the Rock Island District. Metra owns and manages the Rock Island ...
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.
211th Street (Lincoln Highway) is a commuter rail station along the Main Branch of the Metra Electric line in Olympia Fields, Illinois.It is located at 211th Street between Olympian Way and Olympian Circle, and is 27.6 miles (44.4 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. [2]
It is the only Metra line that travels outside Illinois. 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. It ...
As of 2018, Park Ridge is the 33rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,168 weekday boardings. [ 1 ] As of May 30, 2023, Park Ridge is served by 50 trains (25 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.
As of 2018, Glenview is the 22nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,462 weekday boardings. [ 2 ] As of July 15, 2024, all Metra trains on the Milwaukee District North Line make a scheduled stop in Glenview, with a total of 54 trains (27 in each direction) on weekdays, 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays ...
In Metra's zone-based fare system, 79th Street is in zone 2. As of 2018, the station is the 212th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 50 weekday boardings. [1] East of this station is another Metra Electric station along 79th Street (known as Cheltenham) along the South Chicago Branch. Like much of the main branch ...