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Metra rail commuter service in the Chicago area
Union Pacific West Line Union Pacific West Line
AMetra train atGeneva
Overview
OwnerUnion Pacific Railroad (Leased to Metra)
Termini
Stations19
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Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetra
Operator(s)Metra
Daily ridership27,196 (avg. weekday 2014)[1]
Ridership3,285,005 (2023)
Technical
Line length43.8 miles[2]
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge
Route map
Map Union Pacific West Line highlighted in pink
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43.6 mi
70.2 km
Elburn
Elburn yard
40.9 mi
65.8 km
La Fox
38.1 mi
61.3 km
St. Charles
35.3 mi
56.8 km
Geneva
29.8 mi
48 km
West Chicago
DuPage River (west branch)
27.5 mi
44.3 km
Winfield
25.0 mi
40.2 km
Wheaton
23.8 mi
38.3 km
College Avenue
22.4 mi
36 km
Glen Ellyn
DuPage River (east branch)
19.9 mi
32 km
Lombard
17.8 mi
28.6 km
Villa Park
IC West Line to Addison
(1892-1931)
15.7 mi
25.3 km
Elmhurst
14.3 mi
23 km
Berkeley
12.6 mi
20.3 km
Bellwood
to Proviso Yard
11.3 mi
18.2 km
Melrose Park
10.5 mi
16.9 km
Maywood
9.7 mi
15.6 km
River Forest
9.1 mi
14.6 km
Lathrop Avenue
8.5 mi
13.7 km
Harlem/​Lake │Oak Park
8.2 mi
13.2 km
Avenue
7.7 mi
12.4 km
Ridgeland
7.2 mi
11.6 km
Austin Boulevard
6.7 mi
10.8 km
Austin
4.8 mi
7.7 km
Keeler
(employees only)
3.6 mi
5.8 km
Kedzie
California Ave. coach yard
Western Ave. Corridor
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Kinzie Street Depot
Chicago River (north branch)
Wells Street Station
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Ogilvie Transportation Center
Key
Union Pacific West Line /
former
alignment
Metra Milwaukee District lines
other Metra lines
other freight lines /
former
alignment
CTA lines /
tunnel
former CTA &interurban lines
Mileage source[3]
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible except
Kedzie andRiver Forest.
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TheUnion Pacific West Line (UP-W) is aMetracommuter rail line operated byUnion Pacific Railroad inChicago, Illinois and its western suburbs. Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colors, but the timetable accents for the Union Pacific West line are "Kate Shelley Rose" pink, honoring an Iowa woman who saved aChicago & North Western Railway train from disaster in 1881. Green and yellow were already selected for theUnion Pacific North Line andUnion Pacific Northwest Line, respectively, so pink was chosen for this line. Therefore, the UP-W is the only Metra line that uses a color to honor a person instead of afallen flag railroad.[4] Until the late 1940s the line had a branch toFreeport, Illinois. It diverged from the main line at West Chicago and had stations at Elgin, Marengo, Belvidere, Rockford, Freeport, and other communities. The line was once known as theChicago & Northwestern/West Line until UP took over the C&NW in 1995. All Metra trains on this line terminated atGeneva until 2006, when the line was extended to its present terminus inElburn. The line runs as part of the Union Pacific Railroad's Geneva Subdivision (ex-C&NW line toClinton, Iowa).

The line runs from theOgilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago through the western suburbs toElburn. This is the oldest railway route built from Chicago, the route of theGalena and Chicago Union Railroad along Kinzie Street.

As of February 16, 2024, Metra operates 58 trains (29 in each direction) on the Union Pacific West Line on weekdays. Of these, 23 inbound trains originate from Elburn, two fromLa Fox, three fromGeneva, and one fromWest Chicago. Two outbound trains terminate at Geneva, three at La Fox, and the remaining 24 terminate at Elburn.

On weekends, all trains run the full route to Elburn, with Metra operating 10 roundtrip trains on Saturday and nine on Sundays and holidays.

Union Pacific is building a third track from West Chicago through all of Geneva. The project started in September 2022 and is expected to be finished in July 2024. The improvements are designed to ensure smoother traffic flow and reduce conflicts between commuter and freight trains.[5]

Beginning in 2023, the Union Pacific Railroad announced that commuter operations on all three of the Union Pacific lines would be transferred to Metra; the Union Pacific would continue to own and maintain the right-of-way.[6][7] The transfer was initially expected to occur by Q1 2024;[8] however, it was delayed by a year to May 16, 2025.[9][10][11]

Ridership

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Since 2014 annual ridership has declined from 8,423,188 to 7,883,185, an overall decline of 6.4%.[12][13] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, ridership dropped to 1,945,886 passengers in 2020 and to 1,486,536 passengers in 2021.[14][15][16]

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Station stops

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CountyZoneLocationStationConnections and notes
Kane4ElburnElburnBus interchange Huskie Line: 12
La FoxLa Fox
St. CharlesSt. CharlesSt. Charles branch
4GenevaGenevaBus interchangePace: 801, 802
DuPageWest ChicagoWest Chicago
WinfieldWinfield
WheatonWheatonBus interchange Pace: 301, 711, 714
College AvenueBus interchange Pace: 714
Glen EllynGlen EllynBus interchange Pace: 715
3LombardLombard
Villa ParkVilla Park
ElmhurstElmhurstBus interchange Pace: 309, 332
Cook2BerkeleyBerkeleyFormerly named Proviso
BellwoodBellwoodBus interchange Pace: 313, 330
Melrose ParkMelrose ParkBus interchange Pace: 303, 309, 313
MaywoodMaywoodBus interchange Pace: 309, 313, 331
River ForestRiver ForestBus interchange Pace: 309, 313
LathropClosed December 1, 1958
Oak ParkOak ParkChicago "L":Green(atHarlem/​Lake)
Bus interchangeCTA Bus: 90
Bus interchange Pace: 307, 309, 313, 318, 770
 AvenueClosed December 1, 1958
RidgelandClosed December 1, 1958
Austin BoulevardClosed December 1, 1958
ChicagoAustinClosed December 1, 1958
KeelerEmployee only stop, serves adjacent maintenance facility
2Kedzie Chicago "L":Green(atKedzie)
Bus interchange CTA Bus: 52
1Ogilvie
Transportation
Center		MetraMetra:■ Union Pacific Northwest,■ Union Pacific North
Chicago "L":GreenPink(atClinton)
Bus interchange CTA Bus: J14, 19, 56, 60, 120, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 157, 192

Freeport Branch

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This branch line ran from West Chicago toFreeport, Illinois. Service was discontinued in the late 1940s. Metra is planning to revive service from Big Timber Road to Rockford on this line, stopping inHuntley andBelvidere, but there are no plans to restore passenger service south of Elgin.

CountyLocationStationConnections
StephensonFreeportFreeportIllinois Central trains
RidottRidott
WinnebagoPecatonicaPecatonica
WinnebagoWinnebago
RockfordRockfordKD Line
East Rockford
Cherry ValleyCherry Valley
BooneBelvidereBelvidereTrains to Spring Valley and Janesville
Garden PrairieGarden Prairie
McHenryMarengoMarengo
UnionUnionIllinois Railway Museum
HuntleyHuntley
KaneGilbertsGilberts
ElginElgin (West Side)Trains to Crystal Lake,Milwaukee Road trains
South ElginSouth Elgin
DuPageWayneWayne

References

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  1. ^"Archived copy"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on March 26, 2016. RetrievedApril 1, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West
  3. ^2020 State of the System Report (p. 72)
  4. ^"Did you know?"(PDF).On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2010-01-02.
  5. ^"Union Pacific Third Main Line Project | Geneva, IL - Official Website".
  6. ^"Union Pacific announces start of transition of Chicago commuter rail operations to Metra".Trains. 3 April 2023. Retrieved19 May 2025.
  7. ^"Union Pacific Transferring Commuter Rail Services to Metra". Union Pacific Railroad. RetrievedApril 1, 2023.
  8. ^Studenkov, Igor (25 October 2024)."Metra and Union Pacific make progress on operations transfer; fate of stations to be decided".Evanston RoundTable. Retrieved19 May 2025.
  9. ^"Metra assumes operation of trains on UP commuter lines".Trains. 19 May 2025. Retrieved19 May 2025.
  10. ^Hirsh, Jeff (19 May 2025)."Metra completes takeover of UP commuter line operations".Evanston Now. Retrieved19 May 2025.
  11. ^"UP lines now being operated directly by Metra".Metra. Retrieved19 May 2025.
  12. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2018"(PDF). Metra. p. 4. Retrieved12 May 2019.
  13. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2019"(PDF). Metra. Retrieved27 February 2021.
  14. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2020"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2021-04-23. Retrieved2021-04-04.
  15. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2021"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2022-06-09. Retrieved2022-12-16.
  16. ^RTAMS."Metra Ridership by Line".

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