METRA

  • Heritage Corridor
  • BNSF Railway Line
  • Milwaukee District / West Line
  • Milwaukee District / North Line
  • Southwest Service
  • North Central Service
  • Metra Electric Line
  • Rock Iceland District
  • Union Pacific / North Line
  • Union Pacific / Northwest Line
  • Union Pacific / West Line

METRA is a mass transit system in the Chicagoland area. With eleven lines and over 200 stations, the METRA system forms the backbone of the commuter town traffic from the suburbs in the Chicagoland area in the city center and back. The circulating almost exclusively in the inner city of Chicago 'L' serves to further development. The official name of METRA 's Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation.

History

The current system was created with the RTA amendatory Act in 1983. Thus the transport systems were unified, but, on the same divided according to the system used in three groups. In addition to the Chicago Transit Authority, which operates the Chicago ' L' and the bus company PACE, was born as the Regional Transportation Authority ( Illinois), the current operator of the METRA system.

Metra operates all lines except the BNSF line and the lines of the Union Pacific with their own vehicles. These are driven by the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad on behalf of Metra. With an appropriate logo that railway companies should be noted on the affected cars of this fact.

Lines

There are three central hubs in downtown Chicago, representing the respective termini of the METRA system:

  • Chicago Union Station
  • Millennium station
  • Ogilvie Transportation Center

Heritage Corridor

Union Station - Jolie,

BNSF Railway Line

Union Station - Aurora

Milwaukee District / West Line

Union Station - Big Timber Road

Milwaukee District / North Line

Union Station - Fox Lake

Southwest Service

Union Station - Manhattan

North Central Service

Union Station - Antioch

Metra Electric Line

  • Millennium Station - South Chicago
  • Millennium Station - Blue Iceland
  • Millennium Station - University Park

Rock Iceland District

LaSalle Street Station - Jolie

Union Pacific / North Line

Ogilvie Transportation Center - Kenosha, Wisconsin

Union Pacific / Northwest Line

Ogilvie Transportation Center - Harvard, McHenry

Union Pacific / West Line

Ogilvie Transportation Center - Elburn

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