Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area in the U.S. states of Illinois and Wisconsin, servicing Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties in northeastern Illinois and the city of Kenosha in southeastern Wisconsin. It is one of three of the Regional Transportation Authority's service boards. With an average weekday ridership of 294,600 in 2015, Metra is the fourth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States, only behind New York City metropolitan area systems.^[1][2] The Metra system has a total of 242 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks.^[1][3] As of March 2022^[update], two new infill stations are currently under construction, those being Auburn Park on the Rock Island District and Peterson Ridge on the Union Pacific North Line. The newest Metra station in Joliet, Illinois opened on April 11, 2018.^[4]

In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail.^[5] In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area.^[5] The board was renamed Metra in 1985. Through the creation of the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (NIRC), Metra's operating subsidiary and contracts with freight companies, Metra was able to open a network of commuter rail lines across the region.^[5] The system's newest line, the North Central Service, opened on August 19, 1996.^[6]

Seven of the system's eleven lines are owned or operated by the NIRC.^[5] Operation of the BNSF Line and the Union Pacific North Line, Union Pacific Northwest Line, and the Union Pacific West Line are handled through purchase of service agreements (PSAs) between Metra, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.^[5] Under these agreements, the railroad companies provide the service using their own employees and either own or control the rights-of-way in addition to the majority of other facilities necessary, while Metra provides the rolling stock.^[5] Additionally, Metra funds the portion of South Shore Line within Illinois because it shares tracks with the Metra Electric District.^[5] Metra also operates Hegewisch station, although no Metra trains serve the station.^[5]

The development of Chicago's commuter rail network resulted in a spoke–hub distribution paradigm and Metra's services radiate out from the Chicago Loop from four terminals: Ogilvie Transportation Center, Union Station, LaSalle Street Station, and Millennium Station.^[5] However, all are within a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) radius of each other and easily accessible from one another, either by walking, cycling, driving, or the use of public transport.^[7]

Key

Station	The official name for the station
Lines	The line(s) that stop at the station
Rail connections	Any rail connections that can be made from the station
Location	The municipality or Chicago neighborhood in which the station is located
Fare zone	Identifies which of the four fare zones the station is in. The zones are numbered, with Zone 1 consisting of downtown Chicago.[8]
†	A terminal station
	Fully-accessible station[9]
	Partially-accessible station[a][9]

Lines

Stations

Station	Lines	Rail connections	Location	Fare zone[10]
18th Street	ME	—	Near South Side, Chicago	2
27th Street	ME	—	Douglas, Chicago	2
35th Street	RI	CTA: Red (at Sox–35th) Green (at 35th–Bronzeville–IIT)	Bronzeville, Chicago	2
47th Street (Kenwood)	ME	—	Kenwood, Chicago	2
51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park)	ME	—	Hyde Park, Chicago	2
55th–56th–57th Street	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line	Hyde Park, Chicago	2
59th Street/University of Chicago	ME	—	Hyde Park, Chicago	2
63rd Street	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line	Woodlawn, Chicago	2
75th Street (Grand Crossing)	ME	—	Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago	2
79th Street (Chatham)	ME	—	Chatham, Chicago	2
83rd Street (Avalon Park)	ME	—	Avalon Park, Chicago	2
83rd Street	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	2
87th Street (Woodruff)	ME	—	Chatham, Chicago	2
87th Street	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	2
91st Street (Chesterfield)	ME	—	Chatham/Burnside, Chicago	2
91st Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
95th Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
95th Street–Longwood	RI	—	Longwood Manor, Chicago	2
95th Street/Chicago State University	ME	—	Roseland/Pullman, Chicago	2
99th Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
103rd Street (Rosemoor)	ME	—	Rosemoor/Pullman, Chicago	2
103rd Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
103rd Street–Washington Heights	RI	—	Washington Heights, Chicago	2
107th Street	ME	—	Roseland/Pullman, Chicago	2
107th Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
111th Street (Pullman)	ME	—	Pullman, Chicago	2
111th Street–Morgan Park	RI	—	Morgan Park, Chicago	2
115th Street–Morgan Park	RI	—	Morgan Park, Chicago	2
119th Street	RI	—	Blue Island	2
123rd Street	RI	—	Blue Island	2
147th Street (Sibley Boulevard)	ME	—	Harvey	2
211th Street (Lincoln Highway)	ME	—	Park Forest	3
Antioch †	NCS	—	Antioch	4
Arlington Heights	UP-NW	—	Arlington Heights	3
Arlington Park	UP-NW	—	Arlington Heights	3
Ashburn	SWS	—	Ashburn, Chicago	2
Ashland/Calumet Park	ME	—	Calumet Park	2
Aurora †	BNSF	—	Aurora	4
Barrington	UP-NW	—	Barrington	4
Bartlett	MD-W	—	Bartlett	4
Bellwood	UP-W	—	Bellwood	2
Belmont	BNSF	—	Downers Grove	4
Belmont Avenue	NCS	—	Franklin Park	2
Bensenville	MD-W	—	Bensenville	3
Berkeley	UP-W	—	Berkeley	2
Berwyn	BNSF	—	Berwyn	2
Big Timber Road †	MD-W	—	Elgin	4
Blue Island †	ME	Metra: RI	Blue Island	2
Blue Island–Vermont Street	RI	Metra: ME	Blue Island	2
Braeside	UP-N	—	Highland Park	3
Brainerd	RI	—	Brainerd, Chicago	2
Brookfield	BNSF	—	Brookfield	2
Bryn Mawr	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Buffalo Grove	NCS	—	Buffalo Grove	4
Burr Oak	ME	—	Calumet Park	2
Calumet	ME	—	East Hazel Crest	2
Cary	UP-NW	—	Cary	4
Cheltenham	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Chicago Ridge	SWS	—	Chicago Ridge	3
Chicago Union Station †	MD-N MD-W NCS BNSF HC SWS	Amtrak CTA: Blue (at Clinton) Orange Purple Pink Brown (at Quincy)	West Loop, Chicago	1
Cicero	BNSF	—	Cicero	2
Clarendon Hills	BNSF	—	Clarendon Hills	3
Clybourn	UP-N UP-NW	—	Bucktown/DePaul, Chicago	2
College Avenue	UP-W	—	Wheaton	4
Congress Park	BNSF	—	Brookfield	3
Crystal Lake	UP-NW	—	Crystal Lake	4
Cumberland	UP-NW	—	Des Plaines	3
Dee Road	UP-NW	—	Park Ridge	2
Deerfield	MD-N	—	Deerfield	4
Des Plaines	UP-NW	—	Des Plaines	3
Downers Grove Main Street	BNSF	—	Downers Grove	4
Edgebrook	MD-N	—	Forest Glen, Chicago	2
Edison Park	UP-NW	—	Edison Park, Chicago	2
Elburn †	UP-W	—	Elburn	4
Elgin	MD-W	—	Elgin	4
Elmhurst	UP-W	—	Elmhurst	3
Elmwood Park	MD-W	—	Elmwood Park	2
Evanston Central Street	UP-N	—	Evanston	2
Evanston Davis Street	UP-N	CTA: Purple (at Davis)	Evanston	2
Evanston Main Street	UP-N	CTA: Purple (at Main)	Evanston	2
Fairview Avenue	BNSF	—	Downers Grove	3
Flossmoor	ME	—	Flossmoor	3
Forest Glen	MD-N	—	Forest Glen, Chicago	2
Fort Sheridan	UP-N	—	Highwood	4
Fox Lake †	MD-N	—	Fox Lake	4
Fox River Grove	UP-NW	—	Fox River Grove	4
Franklin Park	MD-W	—	Franklin Park	2
Galewood	MD-W	—	Galewood, Chicago	2
Geneva	UP-W	—	Geneva	4
Gladstone Park	UP-NW	—	Gladstone Park, Chicago	2
Glen Ellyn	UP-W	—	Glen Ellyn	4
Glencoe	UP-N	—	Glencoe	3
Glenview	MD-N	Amtrak	Glenview	3
Golf	MD-N	—	Golf	3
Grand/Cicero	MD-W	—	Austin, Chicago	2
Grayland	MD-N	—	Irving Park, Chicago	2
Grayslake	MD-N	—	Grayslake	4
Great Lakes	UP-N	—	North Chicago	4
Gresham	RI	—	Auburn Gresham, Chicago	2
Halsted Street	BNSF	—	University Village, Chicago	2
Hanover Park	MD-W	—	Hanover Park	4
Hanson Park	MD-W	—	Hanson Park, Chicago	2
Harlem Avenue	BNSF	—	Berwyn	2
Harvard †	UP-NW	—	Harvard	4
Harvey	ME	—	Harvey	2
Hazel Crest	ME	—	Hazel Crest	2
Healy	MD-N	—	Logan Square, Chicago	2
Hegewisch	—	NICTD: South Shore Line	Hegewisch, Chicago	—
Hickory Creek	RI	—	Mokena	4
Highland Park	UP-N	—	Highland Park	4
Highlands	BNSF	—	Hinsdale	3
Highwood	UP-N	—	Highwood	4
Hinsdale	BNSF	—	Hinsdale	3
Hollywood	BNSF	—	Brookfield	2
Homewood	ME	Amtrak	Homewood	3
Hubbard Woods	UP-N	—	Winnetka	3
Indian Hill	UP-N	—	Winnetka	3
Ingleside	MD-N	—	Ingleside	4
Irving Park	UP-NW	CTA: Blue (at Irving Park)	Irving Park, Chicago	2
Itasca	MD-W	—	Itasca	3
Ivanhoe	ME	—	Riverdale	2
Jefferson Park	UP-NW	CTA: Blue	Jefferson Park, Chicago	2
Joliet †	RI HC	Amtrak	Joliet	4
Kedzie	UP-W	—	East Garfield Park, Chicago	2
Kenilworth	UP-N	—	Kenilworth	3
Kenosha †	UP-N	Kenosha Streetcar	Kenosha, WI	4
Kensington/115th Street	ME	—	Pullman, Chicago	2
La Fox	UP-W	—	La Fox	4
La Grange Road	BNSF	Amtrak	La Grange	3
La Vergne	BNSF	—	Berwyn	2
Lake Bluff	UP-N	—	Lake Bluff	4
Lake Cook Road	MD-N	—	Deerfield	3
Lake Forest	MD-N	—	Lake Forest	4
Lake Forest	UP-N	—	Lake Forest	4
Lake Villa	NCS	—	Lake Villa	4
Laraway Road	SWS	—	New Lenox	4
LaSalle Street Station †	RI	CTA: Blue (at LaSalle) Brown Orange Pink Purple (at LaSalle/Van Buren)	Loop, Chicago	1
Lemont	HC	—	Lemont	3
Libertyville	MD-N	—	Libertyville	4
Lisle	BNSF	—	Lisle	4
Lockport	HC	—	Lockport	4
Lombard	UP-W	—	Lombard	3
Long Lake	MD-N	—	Long Lake	4
Manhattan †	SWS	—	Manhattan	4
Mannheim	MD-W	—	Franklin Park	2
Mars	MD-W	—	Galewood, Chicago	2
Matteson	ME	—	Matteson	3
Mayfair	MD-N	CTA: Blue (at Montrose)	Albany Park, Chicago	2
Maywood	UP-W	—	Maywood	2
McCormick Place	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line	Near South Side, Chicago	2
McHenry †	UP-NW	—	McHenry	4
Medinah	MD-W	—	Medinah	3
Melrose Park	UP-W	—	Melrose Park	2
Midlothian	RI	—	Midlothian	2
Millennium Station †	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line CTA: Brown Green Orange Pink Purple (at Washington/​Wabash)	Loop, Chicago	1
Mokena	RI	—	Mokena	4
Mont Clare	MD-W	—	Galewood, Chicago	2
Morton Grove	MD-N	—	Morton Grove	2
Mount Prospect	UP-NW	—	Mount Prospect	3
Mundelein	NCS	—	Mundelein	4
Museum Campus/11th Street	ME	—	South Loop, Chicago	1
Naperville	BNSF	Amtrak	Naperville	4
National Street	MD-W	—	Elgin	4
New Lenox	RI	—	New Lenox	4
North Chicago	UP-N	—	North Chicago	4
North Glenview	MD-N	—	Glenview	3
Northbrook	MD-N	—	Northbrook	3
Norwood Park	UP-NW	—	Norwood Park, Chicago	2
O'Hare Transfer	NCS	ATS to O'Hare	O'Hare, Chicago	2
Oak Forest	RI	—	Oak Forest	3
Oak Lawn	SWS	—	Oak Lawn	3
Oak Park	UP-W	CTA: Green (at Harlem/Lake)	Oak Park	2
Ogilvie Transportation Center †	UP-N UP-NW UP-W	CTA: Green Pink (at Clinton)	Fulton River District, Chicago	1
Olympia Fields	ME	—	Olympia Fields	3
Orland Park 143rd Street	SWS	—	Orland Park	4
Orland Park 153rd Street	SWS	—	Orland Park	4
Orland Park 179th Street	SWS	—	Orland Park	4
Palatine	UP-NW	—	Palatine	4
Palos Heights	SWS	—	Palos Heights	3
Palos Park	SWS	—	Palos Park	4
Park Ridge	UP-NW	—	Park Ridge	2
Pingree Road	UP-NW	—	Crystal Lake	4
Prairie Crossing	MD-N	Metra: NCS	Libertyville	4
Prairie Crossing	NCS	Metra: MD-N	Libertyville	4
Prairie Street	RI	—	Blue Island	2
Prairie View	NCS	—	Prairie View	4
Prospect Heights	NCS	—	Prospect Heights	3
Racine Avenue	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Ravenswood	UP-N	CTA: Brown (at Damen)	Ravenswood, Chicago	2
Ravinia	UP-N	—	Highland Park	3
Ravinia Park (Seasonal)	UP-N	—	Highland Park	3
Richton Park	ME	—	Richton Park	3
River Forest	UP-W	—	River Forest	2
River Grove	MD-W NCS	—	River Grove	2
Riverdale	ME	—	Riverdale	2
Riverside	BNSF	—	Riverside	2
Robbins	RI	—	Robbins	2
Rogers Park	UP-N	—	Rogers Park, Chicago	2
Romeoville	HC	—	Romeoville	4
Roselle	MD-W	—	Roselle	4
Rosemont	NCS	—	Rosemont	2
Round Lake	MD-N	—	Round Lake	4
Round Lake Beach	NCS	—	Round Lake Beach	4
Route 59	BNSF	—	Aurora	4
Schaumburg	MD-W	—	Schaumburg	4
Schiller Park	NCS	—	Schiller Park	2
South Chicago (93rd Street) †	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	2
South Shore	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
State Street	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Stewart Ridge	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Stone Avenue	BNSF	—	La Grange	3
Stony Island	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Summit	HC	Amtrak	Summit	2
Tinley Park	RI	—	Tinley Park	3
Tinley Park – 80th Avenue	RI	—	Tinley Park	4
University Park †	ME	—	University Park	3
Van Buren Street	ME	—	Loop, Chicago	1
Vernon Hills	NCS	—	Vernon Hills	4
Villa Park	UP-W	—	Villa Park	3
Washington Street	NCS	—	Grayslake	4
Waukegan	UP-N	—	Waukegan	4
West Chicago	UP-W	—	West Chicago	4
West Hinsdale	BNSF	—	Hinsdale	3
West Pullman	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Western Avenue	BNSF	—	Lower West Side, Chicago	2
Western Avenue	MD-N MD-W NCS	—	Humboldt Park, Chicago	2
Western Springs	BNSF	—	Western Springs	3
Westmont	BNSF	—	Westmont	3
Wheaton	UP-W	—	Wheaton	4
Wheeling	NCS	—	Wheeling	3
Willow Springs	HC	—	Willow Springs	3
Wilmette	UP-N	—	Wilmette	2
Windsor Park	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Winfield	UP-W	—	Winfield	4
Winnetka	UP-N	—	Winnetka	3
Winthrop Harbor	UP-N	—	Winthrop Harbor	4
Wood Dale	MD-W	—	Wood Dale	3
Woodstock	UP-NW	—	Woodstock	4
Worth	SWS	—	Worth	3
Wrightwood	SWS	—	Wrightwood, Chicago	2
Zion	UP-N	—	Zion	4

Future stations

Station	Lines	Rail connections	Location	Fare zone	Status
Auburn Park	RI	—	Auburn Gresham, Chicago	2	Under construction[11]
Peterson Ridge	UP-N	—	Edgewater, Chicago	2	Under construction[12]
Johnsburg †	UP-NW	—	Johnsburg	4	Proposed[13]
Prairie Grove	UP-NW	—	Prairie Grove	4	Proposed[13]
Ridgefield	UP-NW	—	Ridgefield	4	Proposed[13]
Kinzie–Fulton Market	MD-N MD-W NCS UP-W	CTA: Green Pink (at Ashland)	West Town, Chicago	2	Proposed[14]
Huntley	Unnamed intercity service	—	Huntley		Proposed[15]
Belvidere	Unnamed intercity service	—	Belvidere		Proposed[15]
Rockford †	Unnamed intercity service	—	Rockford		Proposed[15]

Former stations

Station	Lines	Rail connections	Location	Fare zone	Closed	Notes
5th Street	HC	—	Lockport	G	1988[16]
67th Street	ME	—	Woodlawn, Chicago	B	1984[16]	Station platforms still exist.
91st Street (South Chicago) †	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	B	June 2001	Replaced by South Chicago (93rd Street).[17]
99th Street–Longwood	RI	—	Longwood Manor, Chicago	C	1985[16]
Abbott's Platform	UP-N	—	North Chicago	G	1986[16]	Station only listed on timetables as a note on some North Chicago stop times.
Brighton Park	HC	—	Brighton Park, Chicago	C	1984[16]
Clyde	BNSF	—	Cicero	B	2007	Closed due to low ridership and close proximity to Cicero.[18]
Cragin	MD-W	—	Belmont Cragin, Chicago	B	2007	Closed along with Hermosa and replaced with Grand/Cicero.[19]
Givens	RI	—	Morgan Park, Chicago	C	1984[16]
Glenn	HC	—	Central Stickney	C	1989[16]	Closed due to low ridership and difficulty to access the station.
Halsted Street	HC	—	Bridgeport, Chicago	B	1984[16]
Hartland	UP-NW	—	Hartland	L	1984[16]
Hermosa	MD-W	—	Hermosa, Chicago	B	2007	Closed along with Cragin and replaced with Grand/Cicero.[19]
Joliet Union Station †	RI HC	Amtrak	Joliet	H	2014	Replaced with Joliet Transportation Center in 2018.[4]
Rondout	MD-N	—	Rondout	G	1984[16]
Western Avenue	SWS	—	Ashburn, Chicago	B	May 1984[20]
Wilson Road	MD-N	—	Long Lake	J	1984[16]