Weekday trips start at 4:00am with the last trip at 12:33am and most often run about every 1 hour. Saturday trips start at 5:10am with the last trip at 12:40am and most often run about every 1 hour. Sunday trips start at 6:20am with the last trip at 12:40am and most often run about every 2 hours.*
Frequency
Weekday and Saturday trips most often run about every 1 hour. Sunday trips most often run about every 2 hours.
Destinations
Weekdays includes travel to Aurora, Brookfield, Fairview Ave., Naperville, and Chicago Union Station.
Weekdays travel to Aurora, Brookfield, Fairview Ave., Naperville starts at Chicago Union Station. Weekdays travel to Chicago Union Station starts at Aurora, Fairview Ave., Brookfield, and Downers Grove.
Weekends includes travel to Aurora and Chicago Union Station.
Weekend travel to Aurora starts at Chicago Union Station. Weekend travel to Chicago Union Station starts at Aurora.
Holiday Schedules
Regular service that falls on a holiday is never completely dropped for dates within the current data publication.
Service is offered on the following holidays,
Lincoln's Birthday
Easter Sunday
Christmas Eve
New Year's Eve
On the holidays above, trips start at 6:20am with the last trip at 12:40am and most often run about every 2 hours.
Service is offered on the following holidays,
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Election Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day After Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
Day After Christmas
On the holidays above, trips start at 4:00am with the last trip at 12:33am and most often run about every 1 hour.
Veterans Day trips start at 5:10am with the last trip at 12:40am and most often run about every 1 hour.
Select in Stop Times for more specific holiday information.
*Some trips may carryover to the next day; service dates are assumed over at 3:59am. Holidays are not necessarily observed and service may not be different from the usual for the day.
Metra operates 11 rail lines that service 238 stops identifiable by public codes traversing a maximum distance of 96 miles with service daily (see a Line Web Page for specific route schedules).
Most trip stops are regular pickup and drop off but about 21% require coordination with a driver.
Fares range from $4.00 to $9.50 payable when boarding. Transfers are not included. Some fares are based on origin and destination (See a Line Web Page for specific route fares.)
Wheelchair accommodation on a per trip basis is not yet included in the data publication. At least some vehicles can be boarded by a wheelchair user at 81% of the stops and no info for 19% of the stops.
Whether bikes are allowed on a per trip basis is not yet included in the data publication.
Metra Rail Online
Online includes: Metra Real-Time stop predictions (Bus and Rail). Trip updates (Bus and Rail). Metra Real-Time Service Alerts with system-wide, all lines, per line, and per stop options (All Travel Modes). Metra On Twitter with the system-wide option (All Travel Modes). Vehicle locations with per line and per direction options (Bus and Rail). Metra On Facebook. The Signal with the system-wide option (Rail).
You can access any of these services from Stop Times, Route Map / Vehicle Locations, or the Online area.
