Metra Wiki
Welcome to the Metra Wiki, the comprehensive database about all things Metropolitan Rail-related.
About Metra Wiki
Welcome to the ultimate fan encyclopedia for the Chicago commuter rail system. Metra operates 11 routes with 243 stations across a massive six county region in Illinois. This wiki covers every piece of that history. Whether you want to learn about the classic Pullman Standard gallery cars or the new battery powered trainsets from Stadler, this is your home for transit history. We document everything from the vintage Panama Orange schedules of the Metra Electric line to the modernization of the downtown terminals.
Finding Your Answers Quickly
We built this encyclopedia to give you direct facts instantly just like your favorite search engines do. Every page is structured to provide clear information in the first few sentences. Whether you are searching for the horsepower of an SD70MACH locomotive or the seating capacity of a specific passenger coach, the details are organized logically. You will find exactly what you need without reading through extra fluff.
What Metra Wiki Is Not
This platform is a fan operated community project and is not the official Northern Illinois Transit Authority or the Commuter Rail Division. We do not sell transit passes, manage Ventra accounts, or provide official daily delay alerts. If you need to buy a ticket for the SouthWest Service or check a schedule change, please visit the official agency website.
Authors of Nippon Sharyo Wiki
Anita Lacey is the Co-Founder and Website Manager of TransitHub Travel, leading the platform's technical development at transithub.travel. Bringing 11 years of combined experience in web development and public transportation journalism, she creates dynamic vehicle tracking web applications and comprehensive transit wikis. Her educational content aims to give readers a transparent look into both the modern operations and the rich history of public transit networks worldwide. In the gaming community, she is known by her gamertag, AureliaWRLD, where she develops indie game mods for the Metruvia Expansion Series. When she steps away from coding and writing, she spends her free time applying her passion for rail networks by engineering locomotives in realistic train simulators.
- Anita Lacey (AureliaWRLD)
As the Co-Founder and Webmaster of TransitHub Travel, DaJuan Lacey oversees the technical operations at transithub.travel. He brings 11 years of combined expertise in web development and public transportation journalism to the platform. Dedicated to increasing industry transparency, DaJuan builds live vehicle tracker web apps and authors comprehensive wikis detailing transit history and daily operations. Under his gaming alias SantiagoWRLD, he actively applies his technical skills as an indie game mod creator for the Metruvia Expansion Series. Outside of his professional coding and writing pursuits, he enjoys relaxing by engineering virtual locomotives in train simulators.
- DaJuan Lacey (SantiagoWRLD)
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This is a collaborative space for rail fans and transit historians. We track everything from the retirement of classic E8 and F40C locomotives to massive infrastructure updates like the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project. Get involved and help us catalog the stations, historical routes, and new rolling stock being introduced across the network.
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