Metra
Metra is a commuter railroad in the Chicago city area. The railroad operates 241 stations on 11 different rail lines.[1] It is the fourth busiest commuter rail system in the United States by ridership and the largest and busiest commuter rail system outside the New York City area.[5] There were 83.4 million passenger rides in 2014, up 1.3% from the previous year.[6]
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| Owner | Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) | ||
| Locale | Chicago Metropolitan Area, United States | ||
| Transit type | Commuter rail | ||
| Number of lines | 11[1] | ||
| Number of stations | 241[1][2] | ||
| Daily ridership | 292,000 (weekday, FY2013)[3] 109,700 (weekend, FY2013)[3] | ||
| Chief executive | Don Orseno[4] | ||
| Website | metrarail | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 1984 | ||
| Operator(s) | Metra Union Pacific, BNSF | ||
| Reporting marks | METX | ||
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| System length | 487.7 mi (784.9 km)[2] | ||
| Track gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. (standard gauge) | ||
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The estimated busiest day for Metra ridership occurred on Nov. 4, 2016—the day of the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series victory rally.[7]
Metra Media
RTA EMD F40PH No. 123 crossing the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois, in 1981
Metra EMD F40C No. 614 in Chicago
Passengers near an inbound train at Geneva Station
Former Metra Electric Highliners at 59th Street station. They were replaced by Highliner IIs, which look similar to Metra's regular railcars (Gallery Cars)
Various timetables (2018–19)
Entrance to a Metra bilevel rail car
Metra F40PH locomotives at the Waukegan Station
A Nippon Sharyo gallery car, built in the early 2000s
Metra related fatalities: The bar graph above shows the number of non-employee, Metra related deaths (listed vertically). This graph uses data from the previous decade and is organized by year (horizontally).
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frequently Asked Questions - Where do Metra trains run?Metra. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metra Passenger Operations (October 14, 2013)Metra. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Archived copy. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ↑ "Former train engineer Orseno named Metra chief executive". Chicago Tribune. January 31, 2014. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-01-31/news/chi-metra-ceo-20140131_1_alex-clifford-metra-chief-executive-acting-chairman-jack-partelow. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- ↑ Public Transportation Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter 2013. Commuter Rail. (February 26, 2014)American Public Transportation Association (APTA). p. 5–6. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ↑ Monthly/Annual Ridership. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ↑ Cubs victory celebration sets new record for Metra | Metra. www.metrarail.com. Retrieved 2016-12-08.