Metra was chosen to operate service to Rockford. That could help the commuter rail as it struggles to bring back riders
A Metra train prepares to leave the Big Timber Metra station in Elgin on July 17, 2023. Metra announced it plans to run train service between Chicago and Rockford along the existing Milwaukee District West line to Elgin, then use Union Pacific tracks to Rockford, with stops in Huntley and Belvidere.
Current plans call for the train service to run along Metra’s Milwaukee District West line to Elgin, then use Union Pacific tracks to Rockford, with stops in Huntley and Belvidere. Two round trips per day are planned, and travel times between the two cities are expected to be slightly less than two hours.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said there was no competitive process before Metra was chosen to operate the latest iteration of the route, but Amtrak remains interested in service to Rockford and farther west. Metra has other challenges looming. Like other transit agencies, Metra has struggled to hire employees, but Gillis said the agency didn’t anticipate that being a challenge in running Rockford service. Metra likely would not need to hire a large number of new workers to operate two round trips per day, he said.
Gillis said Metra has been assured extra freight trains will not lead to delays, and the agency is hopeful a monitoring system put in place as part of the merger approval will help.
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