Metra

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commuter rail system public transportation agency railroad company

Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area, operating extensive routes that connect the city with its surrounding suburbs.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Metra commuter rail 7
Metra commuter rail network 2
Metra commuter rail service 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commuter rail system ⓘ
public transportation agency ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
connectsWith Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
Pace Suburban Bus ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fareSystem zone-based fare system ⓘ
foundedBy Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Regional Transportation Authority
hasAbbreviation Metra self-link ⓘ
hasServiceAreaPopulation Chicago metropolitan area population ⓘ
hasServiceType passenger rail ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
inception 1984 ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
modeOfTransport commuter rail ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
officialWebsite https://metra.com ⓘ
operates Metra BNSF Railway Line ⓘ
surface form: BNSF Line

Heritage Corridor ⓘ
Metra Electric District line ⓘ
surface form: Metra Electric Blue Island Branch

Metra Electric District line ⓘ
surface form: Metra Electric District

Metra Electric District line ⓘ
surface form: Metra Electric Main Line

Metra Electric District line ⓘ
surface form: Metra Electric South Chicago Branch

Metra Milwaukee District North Line ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee District North Line

Metra Milwaukee District West Line ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee District West Line

North Central Service line ⓘ
surface form: North Central Service

Rock Island District ⓘ
SouthWest Service line ⓘ
surface form: SouthWest Service

Union Pacific North Line ⓘ
Union Pacific Northwest Line ⓘ
Union Pacific West Line ⓘ
operatesInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
DuPage County, Illinois ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Kane County, Illinois ⓘ
Kendall County, Illinois ⓘ
Lake County, Illinois ⓘ
McHenry County, Illinois ⓘ
Will County, Illinois ⓘ
parentOrganization Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Regional Transportation Authority
primaryHub Chicago Union Station ⓘ
LaSalle Street Station ⓘ
Millennium Station ⓘ
Ogilvie Transportation Center ⓘ
serves Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Chicago suburbs

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
usesRollingStockType bi-level commuter coaches ⓘ
diesel locomotives ⓘ
electric multiple units ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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

subject surface form: Ogilvie Transportation Center
this entity surface form: Metra commuter rail service
Ventra → usedOn → Metra ⓘ