Metra officials confirmed Wednesday that they will offer hourly service from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport into downtown during the upcoming…
Metra officials confirmed Wednesday that they will offer hourly service from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport into downtown during the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
According to Metra officials, the North Central Service line, which runs from Antioch to Chicago’s Union Station, will handle the shuttle service, with the expanded schedule going into effect on Aug. 12 and running through Aug. 30.Metra CEO Jim Derwinski said that the service expansion occurred after negotiations with freight train companies who control right-of-ways on the tracks that the NCS uses during the day.
Trains back from Chicago to Antioch begin running at 7:10 a.m., with the last train returning to the suburb at 6 p.m. under normal schedules. During the DNC, gaps in that schedule will be filled by hourly trains that will solely run from O’Hare International Airport to downtown Chicago. Those trains will originate at O’Hare every hour, and will make stops in River Grove, at Western Avenue and finally at Union Station.Trains back to O’Hare will also run hourly from Union Station, with the first train leaving at 7:49 a.m. and the final one departing at 9:49 p.m. each evening.
“We’re going to try to market the heck out of this, to try to see if people really would use that service. I’ve got a tremendous amount of interest in trying to build that type of service,” he said.
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