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The Union Pacific Northwest Line (UP-NW) is a commuter rail line provided by Metra and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs. While Metra does not refer to any of its lines by colors, the timetable accents for the Union Pacific Northwest Line are bright "Viking Yellow," honoring the Chicago ...
Metra's three Union Pacific District lines – the Union Pacific North Line, Union Pacific Northwest Line and Union Pacific West Line – now provide regular commuter rail service along three former C&NW lines. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Ogilvie is in Zone 1.
Passenger terminal, Chicago and North Western Railway, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1911–1914 Advertisement for C&NWRY passenger service, 1898 A C&NW commuter train at Oak Park, 1968 A cab car leads an inbound Northwest Line train through Irving Park. Most commuter rail lines in Chicago, including the Metra, used cars of this design.
West Chicago: UP-W — West Chicago: 4 West Hinsdale: BNSF — Hinsdale: 3 West Pullman: ME — West Pullman, Chicago: 2 Western Avenue: BNSF — Lower West Side, Chicago: 2 Western Avenue: MD-N MD-W NCS — Humboldt Park, Chicago: 2 Western Springs: BNSF — Western Springs: 3 Westmont: BNSF — Westmont: 3 Wheaton: UP-W — Wheaton: 4 ...
The line became part of Metra during the 1980s, while C&NW's successor. In 1988, the West Chicago City Council announced plans to build a new commuter train station to replace a waiting room leased by the rail company at the West Chicago Community Center. Metra budgeted $1.69 million for projects including the station building, new lighting ...
Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line. [4] It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue (at West Armitage Avenue) [4] and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn is located at Clybourn Junction.
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.
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 ...