Operations of all bus, heavy rail and commuter rail services Regional Transportation Authority in charge of day to day Transportation Authority was already suffering from ongoingįinancial problems. Of second-hand equipment, until 1976 when the first order of newĮMD F40PH locomotives arrived. Regional Transportation Authority commuter train fleet consisted Its purpose was to fund and plan the Chicago
The Illinois General Assembly formed the Regional To provide stability to the commuter rail system, Money and railroads were using passenger cars from as far back Milwaukee Road, Chicago and North Western , By the mid-1970s, the commuter lines facedĪn uncertain future. Largest public transportation system, but commuter rail services Railroads set up their headquarters in theĬity and Chicago became a center for building freight cars, Trackage radiating in more directions than any other city in
The hub of the North American rail network. why Wikipedia? I don't have the time to research all this stuff myself :-) Information may be inaccurate, so take it all with a grain of salt, people like you and me can edit and add info to The following comes from Wikipedia, as such, carries my standard Wikipedia DISCLAIMER: some of the Of the former railroad's that used to run commuter service. Their histories, there is a separate page for that, so this page doesn't getĪll commuter service today is provided by Stations, will also be found on this page. Stations which are still around, but no longer acting as The oodles of other commuter stations are covered in This page will cover the traditional railroad Traditional rail stations because of the larger number (compared to New YorkĬity) of heritage railroads that operated in and out of Chicago. Chicago is the number two city in the United States,īehind New York City, for commuter rail service.Īlong with that distinction, Chicago has more