Milwaukee District / West Line

Milwaukee District / West Line
	A Milwaukee District/West train at Roselle in 2009.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metra
Termini	Union Station; Elgin/Big Timber Road
Stations	22
Daily ridership	22,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
Operation
Owner	Metra (Dispatched by CP Rail)
Operator(s)	Metra, Canadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Line length	40 mi (64 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
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	64.1 km
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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])

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.

A new station at Grand Avenue and Cicero Avenue opened on December 11, 2006. It replaced stations in the Hermosa and Cragin neighborhoods.^[3]

Metra has long range plans to eventually extend the line to Huntley and Marengo, Illinois, and, in the long term, out to Rockford.^[4]^[5] Another proposal recommends extending the line to Pingree Grove and Hampshire, Illinois on the Milwaukee road's own tracks.

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

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	Station	Municipality	County	Notes
H	Big Timber Road	Elgin	Kane	Weekday service only
	Elgin			Points of interest: Fox River Trolley Museum Connections: Pace buses: 541 Northeast Elgin, 542 Grove, 543 Dundee/Carpentersville, 544 Chicago Street, 546 Orange/Walnut, 547 Wing Park, 548 Highland, 548 Highland, 549 South Randall, 550 Big Timber/North Randall, 552 North State/Spring Hill Mall, 554 Elgin/Streamwood/Hoffman Estates/ Schaumburg, and 801 Elgin/Geneva
	National Street			Connections: Pace buses: 546 Orange/Walnut and Route 801 Elgin/Geneva
N/A	Spaulding	Elgin/Bartlett	Cook	Closed 1971
F	Bartlett	Bartlett	Cook
	Hanover Park	Hanover Park	DuPage	Connections: Pace buses: 554 Elgin/Woodfield
	Schaumburg	Schaumburg		Points of interest: Schaumburg Baseball Stadium Connections: Pace buses: 602 Higgins/Salem/Cedarcrest
E	Roselle	Roselle
	Medinah	Medinah
	Itasca	Itasca		Connections: Pace buses: 616 The Chancellory Connection
D	Wood Dale	Wood Dale
D	Bensenville	Bensenville		Connections: Pace buses: 319 Grand Avenue and 332 River Road/York Road
C	Mannheim	Franklin Park	Cook	Rush hour service only Connections: Pace buses: 319 and 330 – Mannheim/LaGrange Roads
	Franklin Park	Franklin Park		Connections: Pace buses: 303 Forest Park/Rosemontand 319 Grand Avenue
	River Grove	River Grove		Points of interest: Elmwood Cemetery Connections: Metra trains: North Central Service Pace buses: 307 Harlem, 319 Grand Avenue, and 331 Cumberland - 5th Avenue
	Elmwood Park	Elmwood Park		Connections: Pace buses: 307 Harlem and 319 Grand Avenue
B	Mont Clare	Chicago		Connections: CTA buses: 65 Grand and 74 Fullerton
	Mars			Rush hour service only Points of interest: Mars candy factory and Rutherford Sayre Park
	Galewood			Connections: CTA buses: 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland
	Hanson Park			Rush hour service only Connections: CTA buses: 65 Grand and 85 Central
	Cragin			Closed in 2006, replaced by Grand/Cicero
	Grand/Cicero			Rush hour service only Connections: CTA buses: 54 Cicero, 65 Grand, and 73 Armitage
	Hermosa			Closed in 2006, replaced by Grand/Cicero
A	Western Avenue			Connections: Metra trains: Milwaukee District / North and North Central Service CTA buses: 49 Western, X49 Western Express, and 65 Grand
A	Union Station			Connections: Metra trains: Milwaukee District / North, North Central Service, BNSF Railway, Heritage Corridor, and SouthWest Service Amtrak trains: California Zephyr, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder, Hiawatha Service, Illini and Saluki, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, Hoosier State, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle, Lake Shore Limited, Pere Marquette, Wolverine, Blue Water, and Lincoln Service CTA "L" trains: Blue Line (at Clinton), Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Line Express (at Quincy) CTA buses: 1 Bronzeville/Union Station, 7 Harrison, J14 Jeffery Jump, 19 United Center Express, 28 Stony Island, 56 Milwaukee, 60 Blue Island/26th, 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express, 121 Union/Streeterville Express, 124 Navy Pier, 125 Water Tower Express, 126 Jackson, 128 Soldier Field Express, 130 Museum Campus, 151 Sheridan, 156 LaSalle, 157 Streeterville/Taylor, 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express Pace buses: 755 Plainfield/IMD/West Loop Express Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: Chicago-Madison and Chicago-Rockford (via Van Galder), Chicago-Louisville (via Greyhound)

References

↑ "Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
↑ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02.
↑ Metra (2006-12-11). "Metra - Station and Parking Construction Advisories". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
↑ "Marengo Extension Commuter Rail Feasibility Study" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
↑ "NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUTER RAIL INITIATIVE COMMUTER RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-20.

External links

Route map:

Metra Milwaukee District/West service schedule

Media related to Metra Milwaukee District/West Line at Wikimedia Commons

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[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.

[metra-3] Metra (2006-12-11). "Metra - Station and Parking Construction Advisories". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2006-12-11.

[Marengo_Extension_Commuter_Rail_Feasibility_Study-4] "Marengo Extension Commuter Rail Feasibility Study" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-10-20.

[NORTHERN_ILLINOIS_COMMUTER_RAIL_INITIATIVE_COMMUTER_RAIL_FEASIBILITY_STUDY-5] "NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUTER RAIL INITIATIVE COMMUTER RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-20.