Milwaukee District / West Line

Milwaukee District / West Line
	A Milwaukee District/West train at Roselle in 2009.
Overview
Owner	Metra (Dispatched by CP Rail)
Termini	Union Station; Elgin/Big Timber Road
Stations	22
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metra
Operator(s)	Metra, Canadian Pacific Railway
Daily ridership	22,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
Technical
Line length	40 mi (64 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
	39.8 mi
	64.1 km
	36.6 mi
	58.9 km
	36.0 mi
	57.9 km
	Spaulding
	closed
	30.1 mi
	48.4 km
	28.4 mi
	45.7 km
	26.5 mi
	42.6 km
	23.9 mi
	38.5 km
	23.0 mi
	37 km
	21.0 mi
	33.8 km
	19.1 mi
	30.7 km
	17.2 mi
	27.7 km
	14.0 mi
	22.5 km
	13.2 mi
	21.2 km
	11.4 mi
	18.3 km
	10.2 mi
	16.4 km
	9.5 mi
	15.3 km
	9.1 mi
	14.6 km
	8.6 mi
	13.8 km
	7.7 mi
	12.4 km
	7.0 mi
	11.3 km
	Cragin
	closed
	6.5 mi
	10.5 km
	5.9 mi
	9.5 km
	Hermosa
	closed
	MD-N to Fox Lake
	Amtrak to Milwaukee
	2.9 mi
	4.7 km
	2.9 mi
	4.7 km
	Chicago "L"
	Logan Square branch
	UP-N to Kenosha
	UP-NW to Harvard

The Milwaukee District / West Line (MD-W) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and the western suburbs. Metra does not refer to any of its lines by a particular color, but the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District/West line are dark "Arrow Yellow," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Arrow passenger train.[2] Trains are dispatched from CP's American headquarters in Minneapolis.

It runs from Union Station in downtown Chicago through the western suburbs to Elgin, Illinois. In April 2013 the public timetable shows 29 trains leaving Chicago each weekday, of which 22 run to Big Timber Road. Of the 7 trains that do not run through to Big Timber Road, 3 terminate at Elgin, 2 at Franklin Park, 1 at Bartlett, and 1 at National Street. All weekend trains terminate at Elgin; Big Timber Road does not have weekend service.

The line runs on the Canadian Pacific Railway Elgin Subdivision (Ex-Milwaukee Road line to Omaha).

Ridership

Since 2014 annual ridership has declined from 6.9 million to 6.1 million, an overall decline of 11.5%.[3]

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Rolling stock

The MD-W line's locomotive fleet consists of mainly MPI MP36PH-3S diesel-electric locomotives, with some EMD F40PH locomotives. The line also operates ex-GO Transit EMD F59PH locomotives. The fleet is pooled with the fleets for the North Central Service and the Milwaukee District/North Line. As of 2016, three of these locomotives are in operation.

Coaches, or passenger railcars, consist mostly of Nippon Sharyo railcars built in the early 2000s. Cab cars are Nippon Sharyo built. Budd-built railcars also operate on the line, but the cab cars built by Budd have not been in use since the delivery of the newer railcars.

Stations

Zone	Location	Station	Connections and notes
H	Elgin	Big Timber Road (weekdays only)
		Elgin	Pace: 541, 542, 543, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 552, 554, 603, 801
		National Street	Pace: 546, 801
G	Elgin/Bartlett	Spaulding	Closed 1971
F	Bartlett	Bartlett
	Hanover Park	Hanover Park	Pace: 554 Formerly named Ontarioville
	Schaumburg	Schaumburg	Pace: 602
E	Roselle	Roselle	Pace: 608
	Medinah	Medinah
	Itasca	Itasca	Pace: 616
D	Wood Dale	Wood Dale
D	Bensenville	Bensenville	Pace: 319, 332
C	Franklin Park	Mannheim (rush hours only)	Pace: 319, 330
	Franklin Park	Franklin Park	Pace: 303, 319
	River Grove	River Grove	Metra: North Central Service Pace: 307, 319, 331
	Elmwood Park	Elmwood Park	Pace: 307, 319
B	Chicago	Mont Clare	CTA Bus: 65, 74
		Mars (rush hours only)
		Galewood	CTA Bus: 86
		Hanson Park (rush hours only)	CTA Bus: 65, 85
		Cragin	Closed in 2006, replaced by Grand/Cicero
		Grand/Cicero (rush hours only)	CTA Bus: 54, 65, 73
		Hermosa	Closed in 2006, replaced by Grand/Cicero
A		Western Avenue	Metra: Milwaukee District / North Line, North Central Service CTA Bus: 49, X49, 65
A		Union Station	Amtrak (long-distance): California Zephyr, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder, Lake Shore Limited, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle Amtrak (intercity): Blue Water, Hiawatha Service, Illini and Saluki, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Lincoln Service, Pere Marquette, Wolverine Metra: BNSF Railway, Milwaukee District / North Line, North Central Service, Heritage Corridor, SouthWest Service Chicago "L": Blue Line (at Clinton), Brown, Orange, Pink, Purple lines (at Quincy) CTA Bus: 1, 7, J14, 19, 28, 56, 60, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 151, 156, 157, 192 Pace: 755 Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: Chicago-Madison and Chicago-Rockford (Van Galder), Chicago-Louisville (Greyhound)

References

"Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
"Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02.
"RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2018" (PDF). Metra. p. 4. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

External links

Metra Milwaukee District/West service schedule

Media related to Metra Milwaukee District/West Line at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

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

[2018report-3] "RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANNUAL REPORT 2018" (PDF). Metra. p. 4. Retrieved 12 May 2019.