Chicagoland Rail

ME Line (Metra Electric) — Metra schedule & live train times

The ME Line — Metra's Metra Electric route — runs between University Park and Millennium Station, serving 48 stations. A typical weekday has 134 trains, 66 of them toward downtown.

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At a glance

Downtown terminal
Millennium Station
Outer terminal
University Park
Stations
48
Weekday trains
134 (66 toward downtown, 67 outbound)
Saturday / Sunday trains
82 / 44
End to end
58–79 min (express to all-stops)
First weekday train to downtown
4:15 AM from University Park
Last weekday train to downtown
11:50 PM from University Park
Express runs
17 of 27 from University Park
Fare zones
1, 2, 3
One-way to downtown
$3.75–$5.50

Branches and short turns

Not every ME train starts at University Park. On a typical weekday these are the other origins for trains toward Millennium Station:

Every ME station

In order from University Park to Millennium Station. Fares are the full one-way adult fare to Millennium Station, priced by fare zone.

StationZoneOne-way downtown
University Park3$5.50
Richton Park3$5.50
Matteson3$5.50
211th St.3$5.50
Olympia Fields3$5.50
Flossmoor3$5.50
Homewood3$5.50
Calumet2$3.75
Hazel Crest2$3.75
Harvey2$3.75
147th St.2$3.75
Ivanhoe2$3.75
Riverdale2$3.75
Blue Island2$3.75
Burr Oak2$3.75
Ashland2$3.75
Racine2$3.75
West Pullman2$3.75
Stewart Ridge2$3.75
State St.2$3.75
Kensington2$3.75
111th St. (Pullman)2$3.75
107th St.2$3.75
103rd St. (Rosemoor)2$3.75
91st St.2$3.75
87th St. (Woodruff)2$3.75
83rd St. (Avalon Park)2$3.75
79th St. (Chatham)2$3.75
75th St. (Grand Crossing)2$3.75
South Chicago (93rd)2$3.75
87th St.2$3.75
83rd St.2$3.75
Cheltenham (79th St.)2$3.75
Windsor Park2$3.75
South Shore2$3.75
Bryn Mawr2$3.75
Stony Island2$3.75
63rd St.2$3.75
59th St. (U. of Chicago)2$3.75
55th - 56th - 57th St.2$3.75
51st/53rd St. (Hyde Park)2$3.75
47th St. (Kenwood)2$3.75
27th St.2$3.75
McCormick Place2$3.75
18th St.2$3.75
Museum Campus/11th St.1$3.75
Van Buren St. · Chicago1$3.75
Millennium Station · Chicago1—

Day Pass and Monthly prices, and fares between two suburban stations, are in the app's fare sheet.

Live times, delays and alerts

The numbers above are the published schedule. For what's actually running — live departures, delay minutes, cancellations and ME service alerts — open the app and pick your two stations. It's free, installs to your phone, and works offline on the last schedule it loaded.

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Other Metra lines

BNSF — Burlington Northern · HC — Heritage Corridor · MD-N — Milwaukee North · MD-W — Milwaukee West · NCS — North Central Service · RI — Rock Island · SWS — Southwest Service · UP-N — Union Pacific North · UP-NW — Union Pacific Northwest · UP-W — Union Pacific West