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Commuter rail line in Illinois

Milwaukee District West Milwaukee District West Line
A Milwaukee District West train at Roselle in 2009.
Overview
OwnerMetra (Dispatched byCanadian Pacific Kansas City)
Termini
Stations22
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Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetra
Operator(s)Metra, CPKC Railway
Daily ridership22,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
Ridership2,302,491 (2023)
Technical
Line length39.8 mi (64.1 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
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39.8 mi
64.1 km
Big Timber Road
36.6 mi
58.9 km
Elgin
Elgin Coach Yard
36.0 mi
57.9 km
National Street
Spaulding
30.1 mi
48.4 km
Bartlett
28.4 mi
45.7 km
Hanover Park
DuPage River (West Branch)
26.5 mi
42.6 km
Schaumburg
23.9 mi
38.5 km
Roselle
23.0 mi
37 km
Medinah
21.1 mi
34 km
Itasca
19.1 mi
30.7 km
Wood Dale
17.2 mi
27.7 km
Bensenville
I-490.svgI-490 (under construction)
14.0 mi
22.5 km
Mannheim
13.2 mi
21.2 km
Franklin Park
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11.4 mi
18.3 km
River Grove
10.2 mi
16.4 km
Elmwood Park
9.5 mi
15.3 km
Mont Clare
9.1 mi
14.6 km
Mars
8.6 mi
13.8 km
Galewood
7.7 mi
12.4 km
Hanson Park
7.0 mi
11.3 km
6.5 mi
10.5 km
Grand/​Cicero
5.9 mi
9.5 km
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Coach Yard
2.9 mi
4.7 km
Western Avenue
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Union Station
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Milwaukee District West Line
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Other freight lines
CTA lines
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Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible exceptMannheim.
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TheMilwaukee District West Line (MD-W) is aMetracommuter rail line inChicago, Illinois, and its westernsuburbs. Metra does not refer to any of its lines by a particular color, but the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District West line are dark "Arrow Yellow," honoring theMilwaukee Road'sArrowpassenger train.[3] Trains are dispatched from theCanadian Pacific Kansas City Railway's American headquarters in Minneapolis.

The line runs fromChicago Union Station through the western suburbs toElgin, Illinois. As of February 15, 2024, the public timetable shows 52 trains (26 in each direction) operating on weekdays. Of these, 19 inbound trains originate fromBig Timber Road, three fromElgin, one fromNational Street, and three fromFranklin Park. Three outbound trains terminate at Franklin Park, one at National Street, and the remainder terminate at Big Timber Road.

On weekends, Metra operates 12 roundtrips on Saturdays and nine on Sundays and holidays, all running from Union Station to Elgin. There is no weekend or holiday service to Big Timber Road.

The line runs on the CPKC Railway's Elgin Subdivision (ex-Milwaukee Road line toOmaha). In 1982, theMilwaukee Road Elgin Line was sold to the newly created Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation which ran commuter trains for the Milwaukee Road while the latter underwent reorganization. The Milwaukee Road retained ownership of the line until 1986. Metra formally purchased the Milwaukee District (the only other beingMilwaukee District North) from theSoo Line Railroad (which took the bankrupt Milwaukee Road under its wing in 1985) in 1987. The Soo Line then ran freight trains on the line via trackage rights until it was absorbed into theCanadian Pacific Railway in 1990. CP Railway merged with theKansas City Southern Railway in April 2023 into the Canadian Pacific Kansas City, or CPKC.

Metra has included the possibility of extending the Milwaukee District West Line along one of two routes in their Cost Benefit Analysis report. If this were to happen, the line could continue west via CPKC trackage toHampshire, with an additional stop inPingree Grove. Alternatively, the line could switch to theUnion Pacific Railroad's Belvidere line (ex-Chicago & North Western line to Freeport) and travel northwest from Big Timber Road toMarengo, with additional stops inGilberts,Huntley, andUnion.[4] In 2023, GovernorJ. B. Pritzker selected Metra to operate newintercity passenger rail beyond Big Timber Road toRockford using the Milwaukee District West Line, with intermediate stops inBelvidere, Huntley, and at one of the three existing Metra stations in Elgin. The service would provide additional capacity to the existing line; introducing expressreverse commute and expanded weekend options between Elgin and Union Station.[5] The extension is scheduled to open in 2027, making it the first passenger rail service to connect Chicago and Rockford after the discontinuation of Amtrak'sBlack Hawk service in 1981.[6][7][8][9]

Ridership

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Between 2014 and 2019, annual ridership declined 15% from 6,946,268 to 5,904,808.[10][11] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, ridership dropped to 1,480,973 passengers in 2020.[12][13]

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Rolling stock

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The MD-W line's locomotive fleet consists of mainlyMPI MP36PH-3C diesel-electric locomotives, with someEMD F40PH locomotives. The line also operates ex-GO TransitEMD F59PH locomotives. The fleet is pooled with the fleets for theNorth Central Service and theMilwaukee District North Line. As of 2016, three of these locomotives are in operation.

Coaches, or passenger railcars, consist mostly of Nippon Sharyo railcars built in the early 2000s. Cab cars are Nippon Sharyo built. Budd-built railcars also operate on the line, but the cab cars built by Budd have not been in use since the delivery of the newer railcars.

Stations

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CountyZoneLocationStationConnections and notes
Kane4ElginBig Timber RoadBus interchange Pace: 550
ElginBus interchangePace: 541, 542, 543, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 552, 554, 603, 801
National StreetBus interchange Pace: 546, 801
Cook
 Elgin/BartlettSpauldingClosed 1971
4BartlettBartlett
DuPage/
Cook		Hanover ParkHanover ParkBus interchange Pace: 554
Formerly called Ontarioville
SchaumburgSchaumburg
DuPageRoselleRoselle
3MedinahMedinah
ItascaItasca
Wood DaleWood Dale
BensenvilleBensenvilleBus interchange Pace: 319, 332
Cook2Franklin ParkMannheimBus interchange Pace: 319, 330
Franklin ParkBus interchange Pace: 303, 319
River GroveRiver GroveMetra Metra:■ North Central Service
Bus interchange Pace: 319, 331
Elmwood ParkElmwood ParkBus interchange Pace: 319
ChicagoMont ClareBus interchange CTA Bus: 65, 74
Mars
GalewoodBus interchange CTA Bus: 86
Hanson ParkBus interchange CTA Bus: 65, 85
CraginClosed in 2006, replaced byGrand/​Cicero
Grand/​CiceroBus interchange CTA Bus: 54, 65, 73
HermosaClosed in 2006, replaced byGrand/​Cicero
Western AvenueMetra Metra:■ Milwaukee District North,■ North Central Service
Bus interchange CTA Bus: 49, X49, 65
Ashland–OgdenProposed station; to open in 2032[14]
1ChicagoAmtrakAmtrak (long-distance):California Zephyr,Cardinal,City of New Orleans,Empire Builder,Floridian,Lake Shore Limited,Southwest Chief,Texas Eagle
Amtrak Amtrak (intercity):Blue Water,Borealis,Hiawatha,Illini andSaluki,Illinois Zephyr andCarl Sandburg,Lincoln Service,Pere Marquette,Wolverine
MetraMetra:■ BNSF,■ Heritage Corridor,■ Milwaukee District North,■ North Central Service,■ SouthWest Service
Chicago "L":Blue(atClinton),BrownOrangePinkPurple(atQuincy)
Bus interchangeCTA Bus: 1, 7, J14, 19, 28, 56, 60, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 151, 156, 157, 192
Bus interchangePace Bus: 755
Bus interchangeAmtrak Thruway: Chicago–Madison and Chicago–Rockford (Van Galder), Chicago–Louisville (Greyhound)

References

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  1. ^"Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Archived fromthe original on January 2, 2010. RetrievedApril 6, 2010.
  2. ^2020 State of the System Report (p. 62)
  3. ^"Did you know?"(PDF).On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on January 2, 2010.
  4. ^"Systemwide Cost Benefit Analysis of Major Capital Improvements"(PDF). RetrievedMay 7, 2022.
  5. ^Studenkov, Igor (July 21, 2023)."Metra Board of Directors officially signs off on planning Rockford service via Memorandum of Understanding with IDOT - Streetsblog Chicago".Streetsblog Chicago. Archived fromthe original on September 5, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 5, 2023.
  6. ^Schobinger, Meghan (July 6, 2023)."Metra to bring rail service to Rockford, Belvidere in 2027".WIFR-LD. RetrievedJuly 6, 2023.
  7. ^Neveau, James (July 6, 2023)."Metra to restore rail service between Rockford, Chicago for first time in 40 years".NBC Chicago. RetrievedJuly 6, 2023.
  8. ^"Gov. Pritzker Announces Partnership with Metra to Restore Chicago-Rockford Passenger Rail Service".www.illinois.gov. RetrievedJuly 6, 2023.
  9. ^"Chicago to Rockford | Illinois Passenger Rail".www.chicagotorockfordrail.org. July 6, 2023.
  10. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2018"(PDF). Metra. p. 4. RetrievedMay 12, 2019.
  11. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2019"(PDF). Metra. RetrievedFebruary 27, 2021.
  12. ^"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2020"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on April 23, 2021. RetrievedApril 4, 2021.
  13. ^"Metra Monthly Ridership by Line". RTAMS. RetrievedDecember 19, 2024.
  14. ^Studenkov, Igor (October 15, 2021)."New Metra station proposed near Kinzie/Ashland, but it wouldn't open until at least 2032 - Streetsblog Chicago".Streetsblog Chicago. Archived fromthe original on September 5, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 5, 2023.

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