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One daily Lincoln Service round trip (train 318/319) is coupled with the Missouri River Runner at St. Louis, providing a one-seat ride between Chicago and Kansas City. Additionally, one southbound Lincoln Service (train 301) runs express to St. Louis with stops only at Joliet, Bloomington-Normal, Springfield, and Alton. [3]
The main line and South Chicago branch run daily, but the Blue Island Branch does not operate on Sundays or holidays. A unique feature of the Metra Electric schedule is the similarity of the weekday and Saturday timetables. Many express trains run throughout the day in both directions.
Chicago and Atlantic Railway: C&E 1885–1890 1880–1885 Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway: CCC&StL 1880–1889 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Wabash 1885–1887 1880–1885 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: L&N 1904–1913 1885–1904, 1913–1969 1877–1885 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: CMStP&P ...
The Red Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an average of 108,303 passengers boarding each weekday in 2023 [1] The route is 21.8 miles (35.1 km) long with a total of 33 stations.
The express service is known as the Purple Line Express (or the Evanston Express). In 2022, the average weekday boardings on the Purple Line was 4,730. [ 1 ] It is the shortest route in the CTA rail system except during weekday peaks and rush hours.
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 ...
The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet.Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Rock Island District line are "Rocket Red" in honor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's Rocket passenger trains.
Pulse is an express bus service and a purported bus rapid transit [a] system operated by Pace, a bus and paratransit agency in the Chicago metropolitan area.Pulse lines incorporate some aspects of a bus rapid transit line like transit signal priority, but not others, including no bus lanes.