SouthWest Service #827, pulled by F40PH #101, leaves Union Station in 2011.
Overview
Owner
Norfolk Southern Railway (Leased to Metra)
Termini
Union Station
Manhattan
Stations
13
Service
Type
Commuter rail
System
Metra
Operator(s)
Metra, Norfolk Southern Railway
Daily ridership
9,600 (Avg. Weekday 2014)[1]
Ridership
844,567 (2023)
Technical
Track length
40.6 miles
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
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NCSto Antioch
MD-Wto Big Timber Road
MD-Nto Fox Lake
0.0
Union Station
Blueto O'Hare
Blue LaSalle
LaSalle Street
planned relocation
Dearborn Station
BNSFto Aurora
Chicago River (south branch)
IC West to Randolph Street
Greento Harlem/Lake
Orangeto the Loop
Redto Howard
IC West to Addison
HCto Joliet
Orangeto Midway
I-55
I-90 / I-94
3.2 mi
5.1 km
Red Sox–35th │ 35th Street
Greento Cottage Grove
47th Street
Amtrak
to Michigan, New York,
Washington, D.C. & Boston
Redto 95th/Dan Ryan
Greento Ashland/63rd
Englewood
planned Rock Island Connection
Amtrak to New York
RIto Joliet
Halsted
Racine
Ashland
CSX Transportation
Western Avenue
11.5 mi
18.5 km
Wrightwood
BNSF Railway
12.2 mi
19.6 km
Ashburn
14.7 mi
23.7 km
Oak Lawn
Stony Creek
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
16.6 mi
26.7 km
Chicago Ridge
I-294
17.8 mi
28.6 km
Worth
18.6 mi
29.9 km
Palos Heights
Cal-Sag Channel
19.8 mi
31.9 km
Palos Park
Southmore
23.0 mi
37 km
Orland Park 143rd Street
25.2 mi
40.6 km
Orland Park 153rd Street
28.7 mi
46.2 km
Orland Park 179th Street
Orland Park Coach Yard
I-80
Hickory Creek
RIto Joliet│to LaSalle Street
Steele
Old Plank Road Trail
Jackson Creek (Jackson Branch)
Brisbane
EJ&E Railway
35.4 mi
57 km
Laraway Road
Jackson Creek
40.3 mi
64.9 km
Manhattan
Manhattan Coach Yard
Mileage[2]
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The SouthWest Service (SWS) is a Metra commuter rail line, running southwest from Union Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois, to Manhattan, Illinois. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the SouthWest Service line are "Banner Blue," for the Wabash Railroad's Banner Blue passenger train.[3] The trackage is owned by Metra north of a junction with the Belt Railway of Chicago at Loomis Boulevard, and is leased from Norfolk Southern Railway south of the junction (NS has trackage rights over Metra's portion).[4]
^"Ridership Reports - System Facts". Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
^State of the System - SouthWest Service
^"Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.
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