Milwaukee District / West Line

The Milwaukee District / West Line (MD-W) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and the western suburbs. 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 the Milwaukee Road's Arrow passenger train.[2] Trains are dispatched from CP's American headquarters in Minneapolis.

Milwaukee District / West Line
A Milwaukee District/West train at Roselle in 2009.
Overview
OwnerMetra (Dispatched by CP Rail)
TerminiUnion Station
Elgin/Big Timber Road
Stations22
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetra
Operator(s)Metra, Canadian Pacific Railway
Daily ridership22,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
Technical
Line length40 mi (64 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

39.8 mi
64.1 km
Big Timber Road
36.6 mi
58.9 km
Elgin
36.0 mi
57.9 km
National Street
Spaulding
closed
30.1 mi
48.4 km
Bartlett
28.4 mi
45.7 km
Hanover Park
26.5 mi
42.6 km
Schaumburg
23.9 mi
38.5 km
Roselle
23.0 mi
37 km
Medinah
21.0 mi
33.8 km
Itasca
19.1 mi
30.7 km
Wood Dale
17.2 mi
27.7 km
Bensenville
14.0 mi
22.5 km
Mannheim
13.2 mi
21.2 km
Franklin Park
NCS to Antioch
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
Cragin
closed
6.5 mi
10.5 km
Grand/Cicero
5.9 mi
9.5 km
Hermosa
closed
MD-N to Fox Lake
Amtrak to Milwaukee
Coach Yard
2.9 mi
4.7 km
Western Avenue
2.9 mi
4.7 km
UP-W to Elburn
UP-N to Kenosha
UP-NW to Harvard
Green Pink
0 mi
Union Station
BNSF to Aurora
HC to Joliet
SWS to Manhattan

It runs from Union Station in downtown Chicago through the western suburbs to Elgin, Illinois. In April 2013 the public timetable shows 29 trains leaving Chicago each weekday, of which 22 run to Big Timber Road. Of the 7 trains that do not run through to Big Timber Road, 3 terminate at Elgin, 2 at Franklin Park, 1 at Bartlett, and 1 at National Street. All weekend trains terminate at Elgin; Big Timber Road does not have weekend service.

The line runs on the Canadian Pacific Railway Elgin Subdivision (Ex-Milwaukee Road line to Omaha).

Ridership

Since 2014 annual ridership has declined from 6.9 million to 6.1 million, an overall decline of 11.5%.[3]

1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

Rolling stock

The MD-W line's locomotive fleet consists of mainly MPI MP36PH-3S diesel-electric locomotives, with some EMD F40PH locomotives. The line also operates ex-GO Transit EMD F59PH locomotives. The fleet is pooled with the fleets for the North Central Service and the Milwaukee 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

Zone Location Station Connections and notes
H Elgin Big Timber Road
(weekdays only)
Elgin Pace: 541, 542, 543, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 552, 554, 603, 801
National Street Pace: 546, 801
G Elgin/Bartlett Spaulding Closed 1971
F Bartlett Bartlett
Hanover Park Hanover Park Pace: 554
Formerly named Ontarioville
Schaumburg Schaumburg Pace: 602
E Roselle Roselle Pace: 608
Medinah Medinah
Itasca Itasca Pace: 616
D Wood Dale Wood Dale
Bensenville Bensenville Pace: 319, 332
C Franklin Park Mannheim
(rush hours only)
Pace: 319, 330
Franklin Park Pace: 303, 319
River Grove River Grove Metra: North Central Service
Pace: 307, 319, 331
Elmwood Park Elmwood Park Pace: 307, 319
B Chicago Mont Clare CTA Bus: 65, 74
Mars
(rush hours only)
Galewood CTA Bus: 86
Hanson Park
(rush hours only)
CTA Bus: 65, 85
Cragin Closed in 2006, replaced by Grand/Cicero
Grand/Cicero
(rush hours only)
CTA Bus: 54, 65, 73
Hermosa Closed in 2006, replaced by Grand/Cicero
A Western Avenue Metra: Milwaukee District / North Line, North Central Service
CTA Bus: 49, X49, 65
Union Station Amtrak (long-distance): California Zephyr, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder, Lake Shore Limited, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle
Amtrak (intercity): Blue Water, Hiawatha Service, Illini and Saluki, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Lincoln Service, Pere Marquette, Wolverine
Metra: BNSF Railway, Milwaukee District / North Line, North Central Service, Heritage Corridor, SouthWest Service
Chicago "L": Blue Line (at Clinton), Brown, Orange, Pink, Purple lines (at Quincy)
CTA Bus: 1, 7, J14, 19, 28, 56, 60, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 151, 156, 157, 192
Pace: 755
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: Chicago-Madison and Chicago-Rockford (Van Galder), Chicago-Louisville (Greyhound)

References

  1. "Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  2. "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02.
  3. "RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2018" (PDF). Metra. p. 4. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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