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2. Metra - Wikipedia

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   Orseno's long railroad career, beginning with work to set up trains and check doors for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad played favorably in the board's decision. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] By October 2013, local officials had restored Metra's board to 11 members. [ 28 ]

3. List of Metra stations - Wikipedia

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   In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail. [4] In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area. [4] The board was renamed Metra ...

4. Metra Electric District - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash, the worst rail accident in Chicago history, occurred on October 30, 1972. A commuter train made up of new lightweight bi-level Highliner cars, inbound to Randolph Street Station during the morning rush hour, overshot the 27th Street platform and backed up into the station.

5. Union Pacific West Line - Wikipedia

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   The Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) is a Metra commuter rail line operated by Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, 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 a Chicago & North Western Railway train from disaster in 1881.

6. Heritage Corridor - Wikipedia

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   The Heritage Corridor (HC) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and its southwestern suburbs, terminating in Joliet, Illinois.While Metra does not refer to its lines by colors, the Heritage Corridor appears on Metra timetables as "Alton Maroon," after the Alton Railroad, which ran trains on this route. [3]

7. Union Pacific North Line - Wikipedia

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   This line was previously operated by the Chicago & North Western Railway before its merger with the Union Pacific Railroad, and was called the Chicago and North Western Milwaukee Division and then the Chicago & North Western/North Line before the C&NW was absorbed by Union Pacific in April 1995. It is the only Metra line that travels outside ...

8. Peterson/Ridge station - Wikipedia

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   Peterson/Ridge station is a railroad station on the North Side of Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is located at the intersection of West Peterson Avenue and North Ravenswood Avenue in Chicago's Edgewater community area. [2] A groundbreaking ceremony for construction was held on November 1, 2021. [3]

9. 75th Street (Grand Crossing) station - Wikipedia

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   75th Street (Grand Crossing) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.It is located at and over both 75th Street and South Chicago Avenue, and is 9.3 miles (15.0 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. [2]