UP-NW Line (Union Pacific Northwest) — Metra schedule & live train times

The UP-NW Line — Metra's Union Pacific Northwest route — runs between Harvard and Ogilvie Transportation Center, serving 23 stations. A typical weekday has 78 trains, 39 of them toward downtown.

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At a glance

Downtown terminal

Ogilvie Transportation Center

Outer terminal

Harvard

Stations

23

Weekday trains

78 (39 toward downtown, 39 outbound)

Saturday / Sunday trains

34 / 21

End to end

92–110 min (express to all-stops)

First weekday train to downtown

5:30 AM from Harvard

Last weekday train to downtown

11:20 PM from Harvard

Express runs

4 of 14 from Harvard

Fare zones

1, 2, 3, 4

One-way to downtown

$3.75–$6.75

Branches and short turns

Not every UP-NW train starts at Harvard. On a typical weekday these are the other origins for trains toward Ogilvie Transportation Center:

• Crystal Lake — 13 weekday trains
• Barrington — 4 weekday trains
• Des Plaines — 4 weekday trains
• McHenry — 3 weekday trains

Every UP-NW station

In order from Harvard to Ogilvie Transportation Center. Fares are the full one-way adult fare to Ogilvie Transportation Center, priced by fare zone.

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 UP-NW 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 · ME — Metra Electric · NCS — North Central Service · RI — Rock Island · SWS — Southwest Service · UP-N — Union Pacific North · UP-W — Union Pacific West