Metra Chairman of the Board, Norman Carlson, speaks at the WCA Annual Meeting & Luncheon about Metra plans & capital funding needs.

1. Norman Carlson
Chairman, Metra Board of Directors
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A Vision for the Fulton Market Area
Jim Derwinski
CEO/Executive Director, Metra

2. I have been your neighbor since 1911. I would
like to retire!
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3. Overview
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• Metra System Overview
• Capital Needs
• Western Avenue Bridge
• A-2 Interlocking
• Added Track Capacity
• Potential Fulton Market Station
• New Funding Paradigm
• Next Steps

4. The Legacy of Railroads in
Northeastern Illinois
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• Railroads are the spine of the region
• Creation of the “Railroad Suburbs” beginning in 1848
• Metra provides service on 11 branches of that spine

5. Chicago Terminal
• Largest rail terminal in
North America
• 1,300-1,400 trains each
weekday
• 687 Metra Trains
• 56 Amtrak Trains
• 41 South Shore Line
Trains
• Trains at left are held
due to congestion at A-2
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6. Metra System Overview
• 242 Stations
• 11 Rail Lines
• 488 Route Miles
• 1,155 Track Miles
• 686 Weekday Trains
• 288,000 Weekday Trips
• 149 Locomotives
• 1,041 Railcars
Service Territory is equal to
Delaware and Rhode Island
combined.
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7. Downtown
Stations
Chicago Union Station
• Trains: 270
• Weekday Trips: 110,000
Ogilvie Transportation Center
• Trains: 194
• Weekday Trips: 84,000
La Salle Street Station
• Trains: 67
• Weekday Trips: 25,000
Millennium/Van Buren Street
• Trains: 155
• Weekday Trips: 26,000
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8. Capital Crisis
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• No state capital funding in almost 10 years
• Metra has continued working to maintain its aging assets
by using its operating budget to fund its capital program
• This was done through operating efficiencies and most
notably through a series of fare increases
• Metra’s capital needs are overwhelming our annual
budget. Metra riders cannot continue to pay to fix the
system’s aging infrastructure

9. Avoiding a crisis
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10. Solution – Additional Capital Funding
• The three key principles guiding this investment will be:
1. Enhance safety and security
2. Reduce operation costs/increase efficiency
3. Increase ridership
• Fulton Market Area project meets these guidelines and
benefits the entire region
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11. Potential O’Hare Service
• System improvements allow for the
development and expansion of new
service
• Potential for 30-minute service to
O’Hare International Airport via
O’Hare Transfer or Franklin Park from
Union Station and possibly Ogilvie
Transportation Center
• Service could utilize new technology
for rolling stock better suited to the
O’Hare to Downtown market
• Will serve proposed Fulton Market
Station
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12. Western Avenue Bridge
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• Western Avenue Bridge carries
− 4 Metra lines in revenue
service
− 3 additional Metra lines in
non-revenue service
• Bridge is directly under existing
A-2 Interlocking
• Bridge structure built in 1905
• Replacement needed within 5
years
• Tracks constructed 1933-1937

13. A-2 Interlocking Impact
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Impacted Areas:
• 6 Counties-
Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake,
McHenry, Will
• 7 Metra Lines-
HC, MD-N, MD-W,
NCS, UP-N,
UP-NW, UP-W

14. A-2 Interlocking Replacement
• 337 trains traverse the A-2
Interlocking every weekday
• 56% of Metra riders use a train
that goes through A-2 in the
course of a day
• Failure of A-2 would cripple the
Metra system
• Flyover eliminates congestion
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15. The A-2 Solution--Flyover
• A-2 Solution: a rail bridge or
flyover designed to
• Reduce system congestion
• Accommodate system growth
• Provide needed additional capacity
for storage and throughput
• A-2 Flyover is needed to
maintain/grow track capacity
and maintain throughput
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16. Potential New Fulton Market Station
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• Station feasibility study required
• Station requires access to tracks, street, other transit, etc.
• Track congestion between CUS/OTC and A-2 - New track may need to be added to the
Milwaukee lines to ensure trains stopping at the new station do not create congestion
• Acquire real estate to accommodate additional tracks between CUS and A-2 and to
accommodate the proposed new station

17. Fulton Market Station Concept
• Construct a new station/
terminal in the Fulton
Market Area
• Need sufficient space for
• CTA bus connections
• Pick-up and drop-off for
Taxis, Uber/Lyft, Shuttles,
Kiss n’ Ride
• Originating & terminating
trains
• Expanded train storage
and maintenance facility
• Potential TOD
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18. Project Benefits
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• Increases capacity and service
• Creates mobility options
• Reduces highway congestion
• Improves access from suburbs to
developments in Chicago
• Develops a new transit hub
• Spurs business/TOD development
• Enhances regional/state GDP
• Provides opportunities for partnerships

19. Economic Benefits of $1 Billion
Investment in Transit
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Tax Revenue -
Fed, State, Local
Labor Income
$266 million $900 million
GDP -
Value Added
Output –
Business Sales
$1.3 billion $2.9 billion
Employment - Jobs
15,900

20. Public Private Partnerships
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• A-2 Interlocking, Western Avenue Bridge, added track capacity
and Fulton Market Station will require multiple financial
partners in order to advance
• Inadequate public funding for transit
• Grant programs require local commitments; Private investment
is preferred
• In order to deliver this regional benefit we need your support

21. Next Steps
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• Metra to complete A-2 grade separation study
• Fulton Market/CDOT to complete feasibility study
on new Fulton Market Station
• Establish a Public-Private Partnership to advance
A-2 Flyover, Western Avenue Bridge, added track
capacity, and new Fulton Market Station
• Need to secure capital and operating funding for
A-2 Interlocking replacement and new Fulton
Market Station

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Let us move forward in partnership
to achieve this vision.
Questions?

23. Appendix
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• UP-N
• MD-N
• NCS
• UP-NW
• MD-W
• UP-W
• BNSF
• HC
• SWS
• RI
• ME

24. UP-N
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• 51.6 Route Miles
Kenosha to Ogilvie
• 35,500 weekday trips
• 70 weekday trains
• 25 Stations
 Kenosha
 Winthrop Harbor
 Zion
 Waukegan
 North Chicago
 Great Lakes
 Lake Bluff
 Lake Forest
 Fort Sheridan
 Highwood
 Highland Park
 Ravinia
 Braeside
 Glencoe
 Hubbard Woods
 Winnetka
 Indian Hill
 Kenilworth
 Wilmette
 Central St., Evanston
 Davis St., Evanston
 Main St., Evanston
 Rogers Park
 Ravenswood
 Clybourn
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25. MD-N
• 49.5 Route Miles
Fox Lake to Union Station
• 22,600 weekday trips
• 60 weekday trains
• 20 Stations
 Fox Lake
 Ingleside
 Long Lake
 Round Lake
 Grayslake
 Prairie Crossing
 Libertyville
 Lake Forest
 Deerfield
 Lake Cook Road
 Northbrook
 Glen of North
Glenview
 Glenview
 Golf
 Morton Grove
 Edgebrook
 Forest Glen
 Mayfair
 Grayland
 Healy
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26. NCS
• 52.8 Route Miles
Antioch to Union Station
• 5,800 weekday trips
• 20 weekday trains
• 15 Stations
 Antioch
 Lake Villa
 Round Lake Beach
 Washington St./
Grayslake
 Prairie Crossing/
Libertyville
 Mundelein
 Vernon Hills
 Prairie View
 Buffalo Grove
 Wheeling
 Prospect Heights
 O'Hare Transfer
 Rosemont
 Schiller Park
 Belmont Ave./
Franklin Park
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27. UP-NW
• 63.1 Route Miles
Harvard to Ogilvie
• 40,100 weekday trips
• 65 weekday trains
• 20 Stations
 McHenry (Branch
Line)
 Harvard
 Woodstock
 Crystal Lake
 Pingree Road
 Cary
 Fox River Grove
 Barrington
 Palatine
 Arlington Park
 Arlington Heights
 Mount Prospect
 Cumberland
 Des Plaines
 Dee Road
 Park Ridge
 Edison Park
 Norwood Park
 Gladstone Park
 Jefferson Park
 Irving Park
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28. MD-W
• 39.8 Route Miles
Big Timber Road (Elgin) to
Union Station
• 21,200 weekday trips
• 58 weekday trains
• 21 Stations
 Big Timber Road
 Elgin
 National Street
 Bartlett
 Hanover Park
 Schaumburg
 Roselle
 Medinah
 Itasca
 Wood Dale
 Bensenville
 Mannheim
 Franklin Park
 River Grove
 Elmwood Park
 Mont Clare
 Mars
 Galewood
 Hanson Park
 Grand/Cicero
 Western Avenue
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29. UP-W
• 43.6 Route Miles
Elburn to Ogilvie
• 27,600 weekday trips
• 59 weekday trains
• 18 Stations
 Elburn
 La Fox
 Geneva
 West Chicago
 Winfield
 Wheaton
 College Avenue
 Glen Ellyn
 Lombard
 Villa Park
 Elmhurst
 Berkeley
 Bellwood
 Melrose Park
 Maywood
 River Forest
 Oak Park, Marion St.
 Kedzie
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30. BNSF
• 37.5 Route Miles
Aurora to Union Station
• 64,100 weekday trips
• 95 weekday trains
• 25 Stations
 Aurora
 Route 59
 Naperville
 Lisle
 Belmont
 Downers Grove,
Main St.
 Fairview Avenue
 Westmont
 Clarendon Hills
 West Hinsdale
 Hinsdale
 Highlands
 Western Springs
 LaGrange, Stone Ave.
 LaGrange Road
 Congress Park
 Brookfield
 Hollywood (Zoo Stop)
 Riverside
 Harlem Avenue
 Berwyn
 LaVergne
 Cicero
 Western Avenue
 Halsted Street
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31. HC
• 37.2 Route Miles
Joliet to Union Station
• 2,500 weekday trips
• 7 weekday trains
• 6 Stations
 Joliet
 Lockport
 Romeoville
 Lemont
 Willow Springs
 Summit
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32. SWS
• 40.8 Route Miles
Manhattan to Union Station
• 9,700 weekday trips
• 30 weekday trains
• 12 Stations
 Manhattan
 Laraway Road
 Orland Park, 179th St.
 Orland Park, 153rd St.
 Orland Park, 143rd St.
 Palos Park
 Palos Heights
 Worth
 Chicago Ridge
 Oak Lawn
 Ashburn
 Wrightwood
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33.  Joliet
 New Lenox
 Mokena
 Hickory Creek
 80th Avenue, Tinley
Park
 Tinley Park
 Oak Forest
 Midlothian
 Robbins
 Vermont St., Blue Island
 103rd St., Washington
Heights
 95th St., Longwood
 Gresham
 35th St.
 Prairie Street
 123rd Street
 119th Street
 115th St., Morgan Park
 111th St., Morgan Park
 107th St., Beverly Hills
 103rd St., Beverly Hills
 99th St., Beverly Hills
 95th St., Beverly Hills
 91st St., Beverly Hills
 Brainerd
RI
• 46.6 Route Miles
Joliet to LaSalle Street
• 28,500 weekday trips
• 67 weekday trains
• 26 Stations
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34. ME
• 40.6 Route Miles
University Park to Millennium
• 29,600 weekday trips
• 155 weekday trains
• 47 Stations
 University Park
 Richton Park
 Matteson
 211th St. Lincoln Hwy.
 Olympia Fields
 Flossmoor
 Homewood
 Calumet
 Hazel Crest
 Harvey
 147th St., Sibley Blvd.
 Ivanhoe
 Riverdale
 Kensington, 115th St.
 111th St., Pullman
 107th Street
 103rd St., Rosemoor
 95th St., Chicago State Univ.
 91st St., Chesterfield
 87th St., Woodruff
 83rd St., Avalon Park
 79th St., Chatham
 75th St., Grand Crossing
 63rd Street
 59th St., Univ. of Chicago
 55th-56th-57th Street
 53rd St., Hyde Park
 47th St., Kenwood
 27th Street
 McCormick Place
 18th Street
 Museum Campus/11th St.
 Blue Island
 Burr Oak
 Ashland Avenue
 Racine Avenue
 West Pullman
 Stewart Ridge
 State Street
 South Chicago, 93rd St.
 87th Street
 83rd Street
 Cheltenham, 79th St.
 Windsor Park
 South Shore
 Bryn Mawr
 Stony Island
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