Union Pacific/Northwest Line

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The Union Pacific/Northwest (UP-NW) is a commuter rail line provided by Metra and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs. While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the Union Pacific/North line are printed in bright "Viking Yellow".

Its eastern terminus is the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago. The line traverses Chicago's northern and western neighborhoods and its northwestern and far northwestern suburbs to Harvard and McHenry, Illinois.

[edit] Station stops

Union Pacific/Northwest Line trains make the following station stops:

Chicagoland Commuter Rail Metra Lines
	Union Pacific/North Line
	North Central Service
	Milwaukee District/North Line
	Union Pacific/Northwest Line
	Milwaukee District/West Line
	Union Pacific/West Line
	BNSF Railway Line
	Heritage Corridor
	SouthWest Service
	Rock Island District
	Metra Electric Line
NICTD Service
	South Shore Line

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McHenry Branch after Cary

McHenry

[edit] Interesting facts

The Union Pacific/Northwest line parallels the Kennedy Expressway within the city of Chicago until northwest of Gladstone Park at the Kennedy's Nagle Curve. In the suburbs, it parallels Northwest Highway (US Highway 14) from Des Plaines to Crystal Lake.

The newest station to be constructed on the Union Pacific/Northwest line is the Pingree Road station, which opened on September 7, 2005.[1]