Chicagoland RailUP-W Line (Union Pacific West) — Metra schedule & live train times
The UP-W Line — Metra's Union Pacific West route — runs between Elburn and Ogilvie Transportation Center, serving 19 stations. A typical weekday has 58 trains, 29 of them toward downtown.
At a glance
- Downtown terminal
- Ogilvie Transportation Center
- Outer terminal
- Elburn
- Stations
- 19
- Weekday trains
- 58 (29 toward downtown, 29 outbound)
- Saturday / Sunday trains
- 20 / 18
- End to end
- 72–88 min (express to all-stops)
- First weekday train to downtown
- 4:15 AM from Elburn
- Last weekday train to downtown
- 10:25 PM from Elburn
- Express runs
- 1 of 23 from Elburn
- Fare zones
- 1, 2, 3, 4
- One-way to downtown
- $3.75–$6.75
Branches and short turns
Not every UP-W train starts at Elburn. On a typical weekday these are the other origins for trains toward Ogilvie Transportation Center:
- Geneva — 3 weekday trains
Every UP-W station
In order from Elburn to Ogilvie Transportation Center. Fares are the full one-way adult fare to Ogilvie Transportation Center, priced by fare zone.
| Station | Zone | One-way downtown |
|---|---|---|
| Elburn | 4 | $6.75 |
| La Fox | 4 | $6.75 |
| Geneva | 4 | $6.75 |
| West Chicago | 4 | $6.75 |
| Winfield | 4 | $6.75 |
| Wheaton | 4 | $6.75 |
| College Ave · Wheaton | 4 | $6.75 |
| Glen Ellyn | 4 | $6.75 |
| Lombard | 3 | $5.50 |
| Villa Park | 3 | $5.50 |
| Elmhurst | 3 | $5.50 |
| Berkeley | 2 | $3.75 |
| Bellwood | 2 | $3.75 |
| Melrose Park | 2 | $3.75 |
| Maywood | 2 | $3.75 |
| River Forest | 2 | $3.75 |
| Oak Park | 2 | $3.75 |
| Kedzie · Chicago | 2 | $3.75 |
| Ogilvie Transportation Center · Chicago | 1 | — |
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-W 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.
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-NW — Union Pacific Northwest