Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area in the U.S. states of Illinois and Wisconsin, servicing Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties in northeastern Illinois and the city of Kenosha in southeastern Wisconsin. It is one of three of the Regional Transportation Authority's service boards. With an average weekday ridership of 294,600 in 2015, Metra is the fourth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States, only behind New York City metropolitan area systems.^[1][2] The Metra system has a total of 243 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks.^[1][3] As of May 2024, an infill station, Auburn Park, is currently under construction on the Rock Island District. The newest Metra station in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago opened on May 20, 2024.

In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail.^[4] In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area.^[4] The board was renamed Metra in 1985. Through the creation of the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (NIRC), Metra's operating subsidiary and contracts with freight companies, Metra was able to open a network of commuter rail lines across the region.^[4] The system's newest line, the North Central Service, opened on August 19, 1996.^[5]

Seven of the system's eleven lines are owned or operated by the NIRC.^[4] Operation of the BNSF Line and the Union Pacific North Line, Union Pacific Northwest Line, and the Union Pacific West Line are handled through purchase of service agreements (PSAs) between Metra, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.^[4] Under these agreements, the railroad companies provide the service using their own employees and either own or control the rights-of-way in addition to the majority of other facilities necessary, while Metra provides the rolling stock.^[4] Additionally, Metra funds the portion of South Shore Line within Illinois because it shares tracks with the Metra Electric District.^[4] Metra also operates Hegewisch station, although no Metra trains serve the station.^[4]

The development of Chicago's commuter rail network resulted in a spoke–hub distribution paradigm, and Metra's services radiate from four terminal stations in the Chicago Loop: Ogilvie Transportation Center, Union Station, LaSalle Street Station, and Millennium Station.^[4] However, all are within a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) radius of each other and easily accessible from one another, either by walking, cycling, driving, or the use of public transport.^[6]

Station	The official name for the station
Lines	The line(s) that stop at the station
Rail connections	Any rail connections that can be made from the station
Location	The municipality or Chicago neighborhood in which the station is located
Fare zone	Identifies which of the four fare zones the station is in. The zones are numbered, with Zone 1 consisting of downtown Chicago.[7]
†	A terminal station
	Fully-accessible station[8]
	Partially-accessible station[a][8]

Station	Lines	Rail connections	Location	Fare zone[9]
18th Street	ME	—	Near South Side, Chicago	2
27th Street	ME	—	Douglas, Chicago	2
35th Street	RI	CTA: Red (at Sox–35th) Green (at 35th–Bronzeville–IIT)	Bronzeville, Chicago	2
47th Street (Kenwood)	ME	—	Kenwood, Chicago	2
51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park)	ME	—	Hyde Park, Chicago	2
55th–56th–57th Street	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line	Hyde Park, Chicago	2
59th Street/University of Chicago	ME	—	Hyde Park, Chicago	2
63rd Street	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line	Woodlawn, Chicago	2
75th Street (Grand Crossing)	ME	—	Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago	2
79th Street (Chatham)	ME	—	Chatham, Chicago	2
83rd Street (Avalon Park)	ME	—	Avalon Park, Chicago	2
83rd Street	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	2
87th Street (Woodruff)	ME	—	Chatham, Chicago	2
87th Street	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	2
91st Street (Chesterfield)	ME	—	Chatham/Burnside, Chicago	2
91st Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
95th Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
95th Street–Longwood	RI	—	Longwood Manor, Chicago	2
95th Street/Chicago State University	ME	—	Roseland/Pullman, Chicago	2
99th Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
103rd Street (Rosemoor)	ME	—	Rosemoor/Pullman, Chicago	2
103rd Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
103rd Street–Washington Heights	RI	—	Washington Heights, Chicago	2
107th Street	ME	—	Roseland/Pullman, Chicago	2
107th Street–Beverly Hills	RI	—	Beverly, Chicago	2
111th Street (Pullman)	ME	—	Pullman, Chicago	2
111th Street–Morgan Park	RI	—	Morgan Park, Chicago	2
115th Street–Morgan Park	RI	—	Morgan Park, Chicago	2
119th Street	RI	—	Blue Island	2
123rd Street	RI	—	Blue Island	2
147th Street (Sibley Boulevard)	ME	—	Harvey	2
211th Street (Lincoln Highway)	ME	—	Park Forest	3
Antioch †	NCS	—	Antioch	4
Arlington Heights	UPNW	—	Arlington Heights	3
Arlington Park	UPNW	—	Arlington Heights	3
Ashburn	SWS	—	Ashburn, Chicago	2
Ashland/Calumet Park	ME	—	Calumet Park	2
Aurora †	BNSF	—	Aurora	4
Barrington	UPNW	—	Barrington	4
Bartlett	MDW	—	Bartlett	4
Bellwood	UPW	—	Bellwood	2
Belmont	BNSF	—	Downers Grove	4
Belmont Avenue	NCS	—	Franklin Park	2
Bensenville	MDW	—	Bensenville	3
Berkeley	UPW	—	Berkeley	2
Berwyn	BNSF	—	Berwyn	2
Big Timber Road †	MDW	—	Elgin	4
Blue Island †	ME	Metra: RI	Blue Island	2
Blue Island–Vermont Street	RI	Metra: ME	Blue Island	2
Braeside	UPN	—	Highland Park	3
Brainerd	RI	—	Brainerd, Chicago	2
Brookfield	BNSF	—	Brookfield	2
Bryn Mawr	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Buffalo Grove	NCS	—	Buffalo Grove	4
Burr Oak	ME	—	Calumet Park	2
Calumet	ME	—	East Hazel Crest	2
Cary	UPNW	—	Cary	4
Cheltenham	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Chicago Ridge	SWS	—	Chicago Ridge	3
Chicago Union Station †	MDN MDW NCS BNSF HC SWS	Amtrak CTA: Blue (at Clinton) Orange Purple Pink Brown (at Quincy)	West Loop, Chicago	1
Cicero	BNSF	—	Cicero	2
Clarendon Hills	BNSF	—	Clarendon Hills	3
Clybourn	UPN UPNW	—	Bucktown/DePaul, Chicago	2
College Avenue	UPW	—	Wheaton	4
Congress Park	BNSF	—	Brookfield	3
Crystal Lake	UPNW	—	Crystal Lake	4
Cumberland	UPNW	—	Des Plaines	3
Dee Road	UPNW	—	Park Ridge	2
Deerfield	MDN	—	Deerfield	4
Des Plaines	UPNW	—	Des Plaines	3
Downers Grove Main Street	BNSF	—	Downers Grove	4
Edgebrook	MDN	—	Forest Glen, Chicago	2
Edison Park	UPNW	—	Edison Park, Chicago	2
Elburn †	UPW	—	Elburn	4
Elgin	MDW	—	Elgin	4
Elmhurst	UPW	—	Elmhurst	3
Elmwood Park	MDW	—	Elmwood Park	2
Evanston Central Street	UPN	—	Evanston	2
Evanston Davis Street	UPN	CTA: Purple (at Davis)	Evanston	2
Evanston Main Street	UPN	CTA: Purple (at Main)	Evanston	2
Fairview Avenue	BNSF	—	Downers Grove	3
Flossmoor	ME	—	Flossmoor	3
Forest Glen	MDN	—	Forest Glen, Chicago	2
Fort Sheridan	UPN	—	Highwood	4
Fox Lake †	MDN	—	Fox Lake	4
Fox River Grove	UPNW	—	Fox River Grove	4
Franklin Park	MDW	—	Franklin Park	2
Galewood	MDW	—	Galewood, Chicago	2
Geneva	UPW	—	Geneva	4
Gladstone Park	UPNW	—	Gladstone Park, Chicago	2
Glen Ellyn	UPW	—	Glen Ellyn	4
Glencoe	UPN	—	Glencoe	3
Glenview	MDN	Amtrak	Glenview	3
Golf	MDN	—	Golf	3
Grand/Cicero	MDW	—	Austin, Chicago	2
Grayland	MDN	—	Irving Park, Chicago	2
Grayslake	MDN	—	Grayslake	4
Great Lakes	UPN	—	North Chicago	4
Gresham	RI	—	Auburn Gresham, Chicago	2
Halsted Street	BNSF	—	University Village, Chicago	2
Hanover Park	MDW	—	Hanover Park	4
Hanson Park	MDW	—	Hanson Park, Chicago	2
Harlem Avenue	BNSF	—	Berwyn	2
Harvard †	UPNW	—	Harvard	4
Harvey	ME	—	Harvey	2
Hazel Crest	ME	—	Hazel Crest	2
Healy	MDN	—	Logan Square, Chicago	2
Hegewisch	—	NICTD: South Shore Line	Hegewisch, Chicago	—
Hickory Creek	RI	—	Mokena	4
Highland Park	UPN	—	Highland Park	4
Highlands	BNSF	—	Hinsdale	3
Highwood	UPN	—	Highwood	4
Hinsdale	BNSF	—	Hinsdale	3
Hollywood	BNSF	—	Brookfield	2
Homewood	ME	Amtrak	Homewood	3
Hubbard Woods	UPN	—	Winnetka	3
Indian Hill	UPN	—	Winnetka	3
Ingleside	MDN	—	Ingleside	4
Irving Park	UPNW	CTA: Blue (at Irving Park)	Irving Park, Chicago	2
Itasca	MDW	—	Itasca	3
Ivanhoe	ME	—	Riverdale	2
Jefferson Park	UPNW	CTA: Blue	Jefferson Park, Chicago	2
Joliet †	RI HC	Amtrak	Joliet	4
Kedzie	UPW	—	East Garfield Park, Chicago	2
Kenilworth	UPN	—	Kenilworth	3
Kenosha †	UPN	Kenosha Streetcar	Kenosha, WI	4
Kensington/115th Street	ME	—	Pullman, Chicago	2
La Fox	UPW	—	La Fox	4
La Grange Road	BNSF	Amtrak	La Grange	3
La Vergne	BNSF	—	Berwyn	2
Lake Bluff	UPN	—	Lake Bluff	4
Lake Cook Road	MDN	—	Deerfield	3
Lake Forest	MDN	—	Lake Forest	4
Lake Forest	UPN	—	Lake Forest	4
Lake Villa	NCS	—	Lake Villa	4
Laraway Road	SWS	—	New Lenox	4
LaSalle Street Station †	RI	CTA: Blue (at LaSalle) Brown Orange Pink Purple (at LaSalle/Van Buren)	Loop, Chicago	1
Lemont	HC	—	Lemont	3
Libertyville	MDN	—	Libertyville	4
Lisle	BNSF	—	Lisle	4
Lockport	HC	—	Lockport	4
Lombard	UPW	—	Lombard	3
Long Lake	MDN	—	Long Lake	4
Manhattan †	SWS	—	Manhattan	4
Mannheim	MDW	—	Franklin Park	2
Mars	MDW	—	Galewood, Chicago	2
Matteson	ME	—	Matteson	3
Mayfair	MDN	CTA: Blue (at Montrose)	Albany Park, Chicago	2
Maywood	UPW	—	Maywood	2
McCormick Place	ME	—	Near South Side, Chicago	2
McHenry †	UPNW	—	McHenry	4
Medinah	MDW	—	Medinah	3
Melrose Park	UPW	—	Melrose Park	2
Midlothian	RI	—	Midlothian	2
Millennium Station †	ME	NICTD: South Shore Line CTA: Brown Green Orange Pink Purple (at Washington/​Wabash)	Loop, Chicago	1
Mokena	RI	—	Mokena	4
Mont Clare	MDW	—	Galewood, Chicago	2
Morton Grove	MDN	—	Morton Grove	2
Mount Prospect	UPNW	—	Mount Prospect	3
Mundelein	NCS	—	Mundelein	4
Museum Campus/11th Street	ME	—	South Loop, Chicago	1
Naperville	BNSF	Amtrak	Naperville	4
National Street	MDW	—	Elgin	4
New Lenox	RI	—	New Lenox	4
North Chicago	UPN	—	North Chicago	4
North Glenview	MDN	—	Glenview	3
Northbrook	MDN	—	Northbrook	3
Norwood Park	UPNW	—	Norwood Park, Chicago	2
O'Hare Transfer	NCS	ATS to O'Hare	O'Hare, Chicago	2
Oak Forest	RI	—	Oak Forest	3
Oak Lawn	SWS	—	Oak Lawn	3
Oak Park	UPW	CTA: Green (at Harlem/Lake)	Oak Park	2
Ogilvie Transportation Center †	UPN UPNW UPW	CTA: Green Pink (at Clinton)	Fulton River District, Chicago	1
Olympia Fields	ME	—	Olympia Fields	3
Orland Park 143rd Street	SWS	—	Orland Park	4
Orland Park 153rd Street	SWS	—	Orland Park	4
Orland Park 179th Street	SWS	—	Orland Park	4
Palatine	UPNW	—	Palatine	4
Palos Heights	SWS	—	Palos Heights	3
Palos Park	SWS	—	Palos Park	4
Park Ridge	UPNW	—	Park Ridge	2
Peterson/Ridge	UPN	—	Edgewater, Chicago	2
Pingree Road	UPNW	—	Crystal Lake	4
Prairie Crossing	MDN	Metra: NCS	Libertyville	4
Prairie Crossing	NCS	Metra: MDN	Libertyville	4
Prairie Street	RI	—	Blue Island	2
Prairie View	NCS	—	Prairie View	4
Prospect Heights	NCS	—	Prospect Heights	3
Racine Avenue	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Ravenswood	UPN	CTA: Brown (at Damen)	Ravenswood, Chicago	2
Ravinia	UPN	—	Highland Park	3
Ravinia Park (Seasonal)	UPN	—	Highland Park	3
Richton Park	ME	—	Richton Park	3
River Forest	UPW	—	River Forest	2
River Grove	MDW NCS	—	River Grove	2
Riverdale	ME	—	Riverdale	2
Riverside	BNSF	—	Riverside	2
Robbins	RI	—	Robbins	2
Rogers Park	UPN	—	Rogers Park, Chicago	2
Romeoville	HC	—	Romeoville	4
Roselle	MDW	—	Roselle	4
Rosemont	NCS	—	Rosemont	2
Round Lake	MDN	—	Round Lake	4
Round Lake Beach	NCS	—	Round Lake Beach	4
Route 59	BNSF	—	Aurora	4
Schaumburg	MDW	—	Schaumburg	4
Schiller Park	NCS	—	Schiller Park	2
South Chicago (93rd Street) †	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	2
South Shore	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
State Street	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Stewart Ridge	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Stone Avenue	BNSF	—	La Grange	3
Stony Island	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Summit	HC	Amtrak	Summit	2
Tinley Park	RI	—	Tinley Park	3
Tinley Park–80th Avenue	RI	—	Tinley Park	4
University Park †	ME	—	University Park	3
Van Buren Street	ME	—	Loop, Chicago	1
Vernon Hills	NCS	—	Vernon Hills	4
Villa Park	UPW	—	Villa Park	3
Washington Street	NCS	—	Grayslake	4
Waukegan	UPN	—	Waukegan	4
West Chicago	UPW	—	West Chicago	4
West Hinsdale	BNSF	—	Hinsdale	3
West Pullman	ME	—	West Pullman, Chicago	2
Western Avenue	BNSF	—	Lower West Side, Chicago	2
Western Avenue	MDN MDW NCS	—	Humboldt Park, Chicago	2
Western Springs	BNSF	—	Western Springs	3
Westmont	BNSF	—	Westmont	3
Wheaton	UPW	—	Wheaton	4
Wheeling	NCS	—	Wheeling	3
Willow Springs	HC	—	Willow Springs	3
Wilmette	UPN	—	Wilmette	2
Windsor Park	ME	—	South Shore, Chicago	2
Winfield	UPW	—	Winfield	4
Winnetka	UPN	—	Winnetka	3
Winthrop Harbor	UPN	—	Winthrop Harbor	4
Wood Dale	MDW	—	Wood Dale	3
Woodstock	UPNW	—	Woodstock	4
Worth	SWS	—	Worth	3
Wrightwood	SWS	—	Wrightwood, Chicago	2
Zion	UPN	—	Zion	4

Station	Lines	Rail connections	Location	Fare zone	Status
Auburn Park	RI	—	Auburn Gresham, Chicago	2	Under construction[10]
Johnsburg †	UPNW	—	Johnsburg	4	Proposed[11]
Prairie Grove	UPNW	—	Prairie Grove	4	Proposed[11]
Ridgefield	UPNW	—	Ridgefield	4	Proposed[11]
Kinzie–Fulton Market	MDN MDW NCS UPW	CTA: Green Pink (at Ashland)	West Town, Chicago	2	Proposed[12]
Huntley	Unnamed intercity service	—	Huntley		Proposed[13]
Belvidere	Unnamed intercity service	—	Belvidere		Proposed[13]
Rockford †	Unnamed intercity service	—	Rockford		Proposed[13]

Station	Lines	Rail connections	Location	Fare zone	Closed	Notes
5th Street	HC	—	Lockport	G	1988[14]
67th Street	ME	—	Woodlawn, Chicago	B	1984[14]	Station platforms still exist.
91st Street (South Chicago) †	ME	—	South Chicago, Chicago	B	June 2001	Replaced by South Chicago (93rd Street).[15]
99th Street–Longwood	RI	—	Longwood Manor, Chicago	C	1985[14]
Abbott's Platform	UPN	—	North Chicago	G	1986[14]	Station only listed on timetables as a note on some North Chicago stop times.
Brighton Park	HC	—	Brighton Park, Chicago	C	1984[14]
Clyde	BNSF	—	Cicero	B	2007	Closed due to low ridership and close proximity to Cicero.[16]
Cragin	MDW	—	Belmont Cragin, Chicago	B	2007	Closed along with Hermosa and replaced with Grand/Cicero.[17]
Givens	RI	—	Morgan Park, Chicago	C	1984[14]
Glenn	HC	—	Central Stickney	C	1989[14]	Closed due to low ridership and difficulty to access the station.
Halsted Street	HC	—	Bridgeport, Chicago	B	1984[14]
Hartland	UPNW	—	Hartland	L	1984[14]
Hermosa	MDW	—	Hermosa, Chicago	B	2007	Closed along with Cragin and replaced with Grand/Cicero.[17]
Joliet Union Station †	RI HC	Amtrak	Joliet	H	2014	Replaced with Joliet Gateway Center in 2018.[18]
Rondout	MDN	—	Rondout	G	1984[14]
Western Avenue	SWS	—	Ashburn, Chicago	B	May 1984[19]
Wilson Road	MDN	—	Long Lake	J	1984[14]