Weekday trips start at 4:46am with the last trip at 10:35pm and most often run about every 2 hours. Weekend trips start at 5:38am with the last trip at 12:25am and most often run about every 2 hours.*
Frequency
Daily trips most often run about every 2 hours.
Travel Times
Daily trips have at most 22 stops with a total travel time of about 1 hour 37 minutes.
Destinations
Weekdays includes travel to Lake Forest, Fox Lake, Deerfield, and Chicago Union Station.
Weekdays travel to Lake Forest, Fox Lake, Deerfield starts at Chicago Union Station. Weekdays travel to Chicago Union Station starts at Fox Lake, Lake Forest, and Deerfield.
Saturdays includes travel to Lake Forest, Fox Lake, and Chicago Union Station.
Saturday travel to Lake Forest, Fox Lake starts at Chicago Union Station. Saturday travel to Chicago Union Station starts at Lake Forest and Fox Lake.
Sundays includes travel to Fox Lake and Chicago Union Station.
Sunday travel to Fox Lake starts at Chicago Union Station. Sunday travel to Chicago Union Station starts at Fox Lake.
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,
Independence Day 2022
Labor Day 2022
Columbus Day 2022
Election Day 2022
Veterans Day 2022
Thanksgiving Day 2022
Day After Thanksgiving 2022
Day After Christmas 2022
On the holidays above, trips start at 4:46am with the last trip at 10:35pm and most often run about every 2 hours.
Memorial Day 2022, Christmas Eve 2022, and Christmas Day 2022 trips start at 5:38am with the last trip at 12:25am and most often run about every 2 hours.
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.
Online includes: Real-Time stop predictions (Rail). Trip updates (Rail). Service Alerts with system-wide, all lines, per line, and per stop options (All Travel Modes). @Metra with the system-wide option (All Travel Modes). Vehicle locations with per line and per direction options (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.