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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.
The station is located at, and named for, Illinois Route 59, to distinguish itself from Naperville to the east and Aurora to the west. It opened on July 16, 1989. [ 2 ] As of 2018, Route 59 is the busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 6,339 weekday boardings.
The Metra Electric District has the best on-time performance of all Metra lines, averaging only one late train a month in 2014. [ 5 ] Trains operate at a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h); as of February 2024, work is underway to increase the maximum speed to 79 miles per hour (127 km/h), with an increase to 90 miles per hour (140 ...
L' trains announce downtown Metra connections on board when announcing the next 'L' stop. Union Station doubles as both a Metra station and Amtrak's station in Chicago. [61] In addition to Illinois Service and Hiawatha, Amtrak trains run nationwide including service to states spanning both coastlines. [62]
Located near the station are the California Coach Yard, and the Western Avenue Rail Yard, the latter of which host to Metra's remaining EMD F40Cs. Just southeast of the station platforms is a diamond where the Milwaukee Road Metra routes cross the tracks of the Union Pacific West Line to Ogilvie Transportation Center , then turn to run parallel ...
The station is 10.0 miles (16.1 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Harlem Avenue is in zone 2. As of 2018, Harlem Avenue is the 106th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 451 weekday boardings. [1] A station building is on the south side of the three-track main.
Northbrook is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Northbrook, Illinois.The station is located at 1401 Shermer Road, is 21.0 miles (33.8 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, [2] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois.
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.