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CHICAGO — Metra is extending its Family Fares to all travel and offering special holiday passes for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, it announced Tuesday. Metra’s Family Fares allow up to ...
The BNSF Line is a Metra commuter rail line operated by the BNSF Railway in Chicago and its western suburbs, running from Chicago Union Station to Aurora, Illinois through the Chicago Subdivision. In 2010, the BNSF Line continued to have the highest weekday ridership (average 64,600) of the 11 Metra lines. [ 3 ]
Beaver Dam and Baraboo Railroad: MILW: 1855 1856 Madison, Fond du Lac and Michigan Railroad: Beloit and Madison Railroad: CNW: 1852 1871 Chicago and North Western Railway: Big Falls Railway: Black River Railroad: CNW: 1878 1880 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway: Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
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 line is Metra's second busiest with an average of 38,600 boardings on a weekday. It is second only to the BNSF Line. As of February 16, 2024, Metra operates 78 trains (39 in each direction) on the line on weekdays.
If you're looking for an excuse to get outdoors and enjoy the spring weather this weekend, race in one of Cincinnati's walks/runs for a good cause. Walk MS, 10 a.m. Saturday, Sawyer Point Park ...
Amtrak and BNSF Railway trains run on tracks parallel to the station. The station is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line. [ 2 ] As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 208th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 57 weekday boardings.
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