News Photos: Metra tests O’Hare service with congressional shuttle
News-Photos-Metra tests service in O’Hare waters with Convention Shuttle
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CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention may be over, but Metra’s O’Hare shuttle service, which runs between Chicago Union Station and the airport, will continue for a few more days. The commuter bus operator has reached an agreement with Canadian National, the host railroad on the North Central Service portion of the route, and CPKC, the dispatcher of the Milwaukee West portion, to (…)Read more…
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Trains from Union Station will continue to run until August 30
CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention may be over, but Metra’s O’Hare shuttle service, which runs between Chicago Union Station and the airport, will continue for a few more days.
The commuter bus operator has agreed with Canadian National, the rail operator on the North Central Service portion of the line, and CPKC, the dispatcher on the Milwaukee West portion, to offer trains between Union Station and the O’Hare Transfer Station on the North Central route from August 12 to August 30. This not only increased the number of weekday trains between Union Station and O’Hare from 11 (six one-way and five two-way) to 42 (21 round-trip), but also offered 16 round-trip trips on weekends on a route that normally only operates weekdays.
Perhaps not surprisingly, ridership was modest—out-of-towners probably didn’t know about the temporary service, and locals may not have been willing to change their usual methods of reaching O’Hare on short notice. But the service could still provide an operational proof of concept for a service that Metra hopes to eventually offer permanently (see “On the radar: Metra service to O’Hare airport,” Trains.com, December 18, 2023).
Trains News Wire correspondent Bob Johnston toured the shuttle earlier this week, while managing editor David Lassen stopped by to snap some photos of the activity. Here’s some of what they saw.
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