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The station is 36.6 miles (58.9 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Elgin is in zone 4. As of 2018, Elgin is the 116th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 411 weekday boardings.
Map of the Aurora Elgin and Chicago RR c 1912. Despite a malfunctioning power system, a group of nearly-untrained motormen, and only six pieces of operational rolling stock, the Aurora branch of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad opened on August 25, 1902. Fares were 25 cents one-way and 45 cents round-trip.
Elgin was opened by the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railway (AE&C) on May 23, 1903. [1] The AE&C became bankrupt in 1919, and was split into two divisions – the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) to handle interurban affairs, and the Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company (AE&FRE) to deal with the Fox River Valley, in 1921.
The line runs from Chicago Union Station through the western suburbs to Elgin, 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 from Big Timber Road, three from Elgin, one from National Street, and three from Franklin Park. Three outbound ...
Big Timber Road is a commuter railroad station in the Kane County portion of Elgin, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The station is the western terminus of Metra's Milwaukee District West Line. It is 39.8 miles (64.1 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. [2]
The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (reporting mark EJE) was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operated almost entirely within the city's suburbs, only entering Chicago where it served the U.S. Steel South Works on the shores of ...
[1] [2] The Metra system has a total of 243 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] As of May 2024 [update] , an infill station, Auburn Park , is currently under construction on the Rock Island District .
The Elgin Transportation Center is the main local bus station in Elgin, Illinois, serving as the central hub for the Pace bus system in the Elgin area. The station is located next to the Elgin Metra terminal on the west bank of the Fox River .