Union Pacific North Line

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The Union Pacific North Line (UP-N) is a Metra line in the Chicago metropolitan area. It runs between Ogilvie Transportation Center and Kenosha, Wisconsin; however, most trains terminate in Waukegan, Illinois. Although Metra owns the rolling stock, the trains are operated and dispatched by the Union Pacific Railroad. This line was previously operated by the Chicago & North Western Railway before its merger with the Union Pacific Railroad, and was called the Chicago and North Western Milwaukee Division and then the Chicago & North Western/North Line before the C&NW was absorbed by Union Pacific in April 1995. It is the only Metra line that travels outside Illinois.

Metra does not refer to its lines by particular colors, but the timetable accents for the Union Pacific North line are dark "Flambeau Green," a nod to the C&NW's Flambeau 400 passenger train.[1]

Until 2022, a private club car ran weekdays exclusively on the Union Pacific North Line. It was the last remaining private car in service on a commuter railroad in the United States.

The current timetable as of May 20, 2024 shows 71 trains (35 inbound and 36 outbound) on weekdays. Of these, ten inbound trains originate from Template:Stl, 16 from Template:Stl, seven from Template:Stl, and two from Template:Stl. Three outbound trains terminate at Winnetka, six at Highland Park, 17 at Waukegan, nine at Kenosha, and one at Template:Stl.

During the summer concert season, outbound train no. 393 terminates at Template:Stl on weekdays. Otherwise train no. 393 terminates at Template:Stl.

13 trains operate in each direction on Saturdays. Of these, five inbound trains originate from Kenosha and eight from Waukegan. Six outbound trains terminate at Waukegan and seven at Kenosha.

Nine trains operate in each direction on Sundays. Of these, three inbound trains originate from Kenosha and six from Waukegan. Six outbound trains terminate at Waukegan and three at Kenosha.

During the summer concert season, on weekends, an extra outbound train, named RAV1, makes all stops to Template:Stl, then runs express to Template:Stl during events, with a train returning to Chicago after the concert.

History

The route followed by the UP North Line was constructed in 1854 by the Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad.[2] Passenger service between Chicago and Waukegan began on January 4, 1855. Initially, a single train operated each day, departing from a terminal in Chicago at Water St. and Kinzie St. at 8:30 am and returning from Waukegan at 3:30 pm.[3][4] The president of the railroad, former Chicago mayor Walter S. Gurnee, speculated on land in Lake County spurring the development of railway suburbs along the line.[5] The railroad merged with the Green Bay, Milwaukee & Chicago Railroad in 1863, and was acquired by the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1866.[4][6] Commuter rail services along the line started operating into the new Chicago and North Western Terminal (now Ogilvie Transportation Center) in 1911. In 1966, the Chicago and North Western closed the Lake Front Depot and began operating into the new Milwaukee Union Station. This service would ultimately prove to be relatively short lived as the Chicago and North Western ended operations between Chicago and Milwaukee in 1971 and the line was truncated to Kenosha.

The North line became part of Metra when the agency was formed in 1984. The trains continued to be operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway under contract until that railroad was bought by Union Pacific in 1995. UP now operates passenger services along the line for Metra. Under a longstanding agreement that UP inherited from the C&NW, Metra owns the vehicles and the stations along the line, but Union Pacific employs the crew who actually operate the trains, and they also control the right-of-way along the route.

Beginning in 2023, the Union Pacific Railroad announced that commuter operations on all three of the Union Pacific lines would be transferred to Metra; the Union Pacific would continue to own and maintain the right-of-way.[7][8] The transfer was initially expected to occur by Q1 2024;[9] however, it was delayed by a year to May 16, 2025.[10][11][12]

All stations on the line except for Ravinia Park are open daily. Ravinia Park is only open during the Ravinia Festival in the summer months.

Ridership

Between 2014 and 2019, annual ridership declined by 8.3% from 9,328,441 passengers to 8,552,117 passengers.[13][14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ridership dropped to 2,300,363 passengers in 2020.[15][16] As of October 2024, the line has Metra's highest ridership recovery rate at 83% of pre-pandemic weekday ridership. Peak-direction ridership is at 70% of pre-pandemic numbers, while all other metrics (reverse-peak, midday, evening, Saturday, and Sunday ridership) is at or above pre-pandemic ridership.[17]

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Route

The service shares the Union Pacific Railroad's Harvard Subdivision with the Union Pacific Northwest Line from Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago to a junction just before Template:Stl station. From Clybourn, the North Line splits from the Northwest Line and traverses the Kenosha Subdivision north to Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Kenosha Subdivision continues to St. Francis, Wisconsin and a junction with the Union Pacific's Milwaukee Subdivision.[18] No passenger trains operate north of Kenosha.

The Green Bay Trail parallels the Union Pacific North Line, using the former right of way of the North Shore Line for over Template:Convert from the Chicago Loop to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Stations

State County Zone Location Station Connections and notes
WI Milwaukee
  Milwaukee Lake Front Depot Closed 1966
Union Station Closed April 30, 1971
National Avenue Closed between 1943 and 1956
Cudahy Cudahy Closed 1957
South Milwaukee South Milwaukee Closed between 1956 and 1961
Racine
Racine Racine Closed April 30, 1971
Kenosha 4 Kenosha Template:Stl Template:Rint Kenosha Area Transit: 1, 4
Template:Rint Kenosha Streetcar
IL Lake Winthrop Harbor Template:Stl
Zion Camp Logan Closed after October 28, 1956, served Camp Logan
Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 571
  Beach Park Dunes Park Closed after October 28, 1956
Waukegan Asbestos Closed after October 28, 1956
4 Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 568, 571, 572
North Chicago Abbott's Platform Closed 1986[19]
Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 563, 564
Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 563
Lake Bluff Template:Stl
Lake Forest Template:Stl
Highwood Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 472
Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 472
Highland Park Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213, 471, 472
3 Template:Stl
Template:Stl Seasonal
Template:Stl
Cook Glencoe Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213
Winnetka Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213
Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213, 423
Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213
Kenilworth Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213
2 Wilmette Template:Stl Template:Rint Pace: 213, 421, 422
Evanston Template:Stl Template:Rint CTA Bus: 201, 206
Template:Rint Pace: 213
Template:Stl Template:Rint Chicago "L": Template:Rcb (at Template:Cta)
Template:Rint CTA Bus: 93, 201, 206
Template:Rint Pace: 208, 213, 250
Template:Rint Pace Pulse: 101 Dempster Line
Template:Stn Closed December 1, 1958
Template:Stl Template:Rint Chicago "L": Template:Rcb (at Template:Cta)
Template:Rint CTA Bus: 206
Template:Rint Pace: 213
Template:Stn Closed December 1, 1958
Chicago Template:Stl Template:Rint CTA Bus: 22, 96
Template:Stl Closed December 1, 1958,[20] replaced with Peterson/Ridge
Template:Stl Template:Rint CTA Bus: 84
Template:Stl Closed December 1, 1958[20]
Template:Stl Closed December 1, 1958[20]
Template:Stl Template:Rint Chicago "L": Template:Rcb (at Template:Cta)
Template:Rint CTA Bus: 9, 81
  Template:Stn Closed after July 3, 1963, replaced with Ravenswood
Template:Stn Closed December 1, 1958
Template:Stn Closed December 1, 1958
Template:Stn Closed after June 13, 1943
2 Template:Stl Template:Rint Metra: Template:Rcb
Template:Rint CTA Bus: 9, X9, 73
  Template:Stl Closed Template:Circa
Wells Street Station Closed 1911, replaced by the Chicago and Northwestern Terminal (Ogilvie Transportation Center)
1 Ogilvie
Transportation Center 		Template:Rint Metra: Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb
Template:Rint Chicago "L": Template:Rcb Template:Rcb (at Template:Cta)
Template:Rint CTA Bus: J14, 19, 56, 60, 120, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 157, 192


See also

References

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External links

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