Union Pacific / West Line

Union Pacific West Line
	The River Forest station in River Forest, Illinois
Overview
Type	Commuter Rail
System	Metra
Termini	Ogilvie Transportation Center; Elburn
Stations	19
Daily ridership	27,196 (avg. weekday 2014)[1]
Operation
Owner	Union Pacific Railroad (Leased to Metra)
Operator(s)	Union Pacific Railroad; Metra
Technical
Line length	43.8 miles[2]
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
	44.0 mi
	70.8 km
	40.8 mi
	65.7 km
	38.1 mi
	61.3 km
	35.5 mi
	57.1 km
	29.7 mi
	47.8 km
	27.5 mi
	44.3 km
	25.0 mi
	40.2 km
	23.8 mi
	38.3 km
	22.4 mi
	36 km
	19.9 mi
	32 km
	17.8 mi
	28.6 km
	15.7 mi
	25.3 km
	14.3 mi
	23 km
	12.7 mi
	20.4 km
	11.3 mi
	18.2 km
	10.5 mi
	16.9 km
	9.7 mi
	15.6 km
	9.1 mi
	14.6 km
	8.5 mi
	13.7 km
	8.2 mi
	13.2 km
	7.7 mi
	12.4 km
	7.2 mi
	11.6 km
	6.7 mi
	10.8 km
	CTA Green Line
	to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove
	4.8 mi
	7.7 km
	3.6 mi
	5.8 km
	3.0 mi
	4.8 km
	2.6 mi
	4.2 km
	Union
	Station

The Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) is a Metra commuter rail line operated by Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its 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.^[3] In April 2013 the public timetable shows 30 trains leaving Chicago each weekday, of which 22 run to Elburn. Of the 8 trains on weekdays that do not run through to Elburn, 4 terminate at Elmhurst, 2 at Geneva, 1 at West Chicago, and 1 at La Fox. All weekend trains run through to Elburn. Until 2006, all Metra trains on this line terminated at Geneva. The line runs as part of the Union Pacific Railroad's Geneva Subdivision (ex-C&NW line to Clinton, Iowa.)

The line runs from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago through the western suburbs to Elburn. This is the oldest railway route in Chicago, the route of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad along Kinzie street.

Until the late 1940s the line had a branch to Freeport, Illinois. It diverged from the main line at West Chicago and had stations at Elgin, Marengo, Belvidere, Rockford, Freeport, and other communities.

Station stops

Zone	Station	Municipality	County	Notes
I	Elburn	Elburn	Kane	Connections: Huskie Line buses: Elburn Shuttle
I	La Fox	La Fox
H	St. Charles	St. Charles		St. Charles branch Closed 1951
H	Geneva	Geneva		Connections: Pace buses: 592 St. Charles - Geneva Call-n-Ride, 596 Batavia Call-n-Ride, 801 Elgin/Geneva, and 802 Aurora-Geneva via Lake
F	West Chicago	West Chicago	DuPage
F	Winfield	Winfield		Points of interest: Central DuPage Hospital Connections: Pace buses: 591 Wheaton - Winfield Call-n-Ride
E	Wheaton	Wheaton		Connections: Pace buses: 301 Roosevelt Road, 591 Wheaton - Winfield Call-n-Ride, 709 Carol Stream/North Wheaton, 711 Wheaton/Carol Stream/Stratford Square, and 714 College of DuPage/Naperville/Wheaton Connector
	College Avenue	Wheaton		Points of interest: Wheaton College Connections: Pace buses: 714 College of DuPage/Naperville/Wheaton Connector
	Glen Ellyn	Glen Ellyn		Connections: Pace buses: 715 Central DuPage
D	Lombard	Lombard		Connections: Pace buses: 674 Southwest Lombard
	Villa Park	Villa Park
	Elmhurst	Elmhurst		Points of interest: Elmhurst College and Wilder Park Conservatory Connections: Pace buses: 309 Lake Street and 332 River Road - York Road
C	Berkeley	Berkeley	Cook	Formerly: Proviso
	Bellwood	Bellwood		Connections: Pace buses: 309 Lake Street and 330 Mannheim - LaGrange Roads
	Melrose Park	Melrose Park		Connections: Pace buses: 303 Forest Park/Rosemont, 309 Lake Street, and 313 St. Charles Road
	Maywood	Maywood		Connections: Pace buses: 309 Lake Street, 313 St. Charles Road, and 331 Cumberland/5th Avenue
B	River Forest	River Forest		Connections: Pace buses: 309 Lake Street and 313 St. Charles Road
	Lathrop	River Forest		Closed December 1, 1958
	Oak Park	Oak Park		Connections: CTA "L" lines: Green Line (at Harlem/Lake) CTA buses: 90 Harlem Pace buses: 305 Cicero/River Forest, 307 Harlem, 309 Lake Street, 313 St. Charles Road, 318 West North Avenue, 757 Oak Park/Schaumburg Limited, and 770 Brookfield Zoo Express/CTA Green Line
	Avenue			Closed December 1, 1958
	Ridgeland			Closed December 1, 1958
	Austin Blvd			Closed December 1, 1958
	Austin	Chicago		Closed December 1, 1958
A	Keeler			Employee only stop; serves adjacent maintenance facility
	Kedzie			Connections: CTA "L" lines: Green Line (at Kedzie) CTA buses: 52 Kedzie/California
	Ogilvie Transportation Center			Connections: Metra trains: Union Pacific / Northwest Line and Union Pacific / North Line CTA "L" lines: Green and Pink Lines (at Clinton) CTA buses: J14 Jeffery Jump, 19 United Center Express, 56 Milwaukee, 60 Blue Island/26th, 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express, 124 Navy Pier, 125 Water Tower Express, 126 Jackson, 128 Soldier Field Express, 130 Museum Campus, 157 Streeterville/Taylor, and 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express

References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West
↑ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02.

External links

Route map:

Metra Union Pacific/West service schedule

Media related to Metra Union Pacific/West Line at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.

[2] Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West

[3] "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02.