SouthEast Service

SouthEast Service
Overview
Type Commuter Rail
System Metra
Status Proposed
Locale Chicago and southern suburbs
Termini LaSalle Street Station
Balmoral Park
Stations 13
Technical
Line length 33 mi (53 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
0
 LaSalle Street Station
3
 Bronzeville
9
 Gresham
 Rock Island District
13
 115th Street/Kensington
16
 Dolton
19
 South Holland
21
 Thornton
23
 Glenwood
26
 Chicago Heights
27
 South Chicago Heights
28
 Steger
30
 Crete
33
 Balmoral Park

The SouthEast Service is a proposed commuter rail line which would be operated by Metra in Chicago, Illinois, and its southern suburbs.[1] The route of the proposed line would use tracks owned by CSX Transportation and the Union Pacific Railroad, but the service would not be operated by either of them.

Its northern terminus would be LaSalle Street Station in downtown Chicago.[1] The line would then traverse Chicago's southern neighborhoods and its southern and far southern suburbs to Balmoral Park south of Crete, Illinois. Its average daily ridership is projected to be 9000.[1]

A fleet of Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) has been proposed for this service.[1]

Formerly, the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad operated commuter service on this line between Dearborn Station in Chicago and Dolton. This service was discontinued in 1964. Also the Chicago & Eastern Illinois operated commuter service here from Dearborn Station to Momence, Illinois until 1935.

Proposed Station Stops

From north to south:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Metra New Starts site on proposed SouthEast Service Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine.
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