Metra Milwaukee District West Line

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commuter rail line

The Metra Milwaukee District West Line is a commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between Chicago Union Station and Elgin, serving numerous suburbs in Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Metra Milwaukee District/West Line	5
Metra Milwaukee District lines at Chicago Union Station	1
Milwaukee District West Line	1
Milwaukee District lines	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commuter rail line ⓘ
connectsWith	Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ surface form: Chicago Transit Authority bus network at Chicago Union Station Chicago Transit Authority ‘L’ via nearby stations to Chicago Union Station ⓘ other Metra lines at Chicago Union Station ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	none ⓘ
fareIntegration	accepts Metra monthly, weekly, and day passes ⓘ
fareSystem	Metra zone-based fare system ⓘ
hasStation	Bartlett ⓘ Bensenville, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Bensenville Elgin, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Elgin Elmwood Park ⓘ Franklin Park ⓘ Galewood ⓘ Hanover Park, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Hanover Park Itasca, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Itasca Medinah, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Medinah National Street ⓘ River Grove ⓘ Roselle ⓘ Schaumburg, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Schaumburg Western Avenue (Milwaukee District) ⓘ Wood Dale, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Wood Dale
lineColor	green (Metra system maps) ⓘ
locale	Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
openingDate	19th century (as part of Milwaukee Road; predates Metra) ⓘ
operator	Metra ⓘ
owner	Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois ⓘ surface form: Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra)
ownerOfInfrastructure	Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ⓘ surface form: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC)
partOfSystem	Metra ⓘ surface form: Metra commuter rail system
peakDirectionService	inbound to Chicago in morning peak ⓘ outbound from Chicago in evening peak ⓘ
primaryStation	Chicago Union Station ⓘ
servesCity	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Elgin, Illinois ⓘ
servesCounty	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ DuPage County, Illinois ⓘ Kane County, Illinois ⓘ
servesSuburb	Western suburbs of Chicago ⓘ
servicePattern	all-stop local and some express trains ⓘ
serviceType	commuter rail ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
terminus	Chicago Union Station ⓘ Elgin, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Elgin
ticketing	Ventra ⓘ surface form: Ventra mobile app accepted
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStock	diesel locomotive-hauled coaches ⓘ
usesTrackage	CPKC Milwaukee Subdivision ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Union Station → connectsTo → Metra Milwaukee District West Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milwaukee District lines

Metra BNSF Railway Line → connectsWith → Metra Milwaukee District West Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metra Milwaukee District lines at Chicago Union Station

DuPage County, Illinois → contains → Metra Milwaukee District West Line ⓘ

Hanover Park, Illinois → hasPublicTransport → Metra Milwaukee District West Line ⓘ