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Metra

suburban railway operator in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area
Organization transport_company Q1814208

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
transport company, transport network[4]
Official website
metra.com[25]
Native label
Metra[31]
Official name
Metra[27]

Status and dates

Inception
1984[22]

Location

Headquarters location
Illinois[8]
Country
United States[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chicago metropolitan area[2]

Industry and activity

Industry
commuter rail[10]

Relations

Part of
transportation in Chicago[9]
Has part(s)
BNSF Railway Line, Heritage Corridor, Metra Electric District, Milwaukee District / North Line, Milwaukee District / West Line, North Central Service, Rock Island District, SouthWest Service, Union Pacific / North Line, Union Pacific / Northwest Line, Union Pacific West Line[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Member of
Association of American Railroads[1]
Owner of
Bryn Mawr[32]
Parent organization or unit
Regional Transportation Authority, Northern Illinois Transit Authority[23][24]
More facts +9
Date of official opening
1984[30]
Item operated
BNSF Railway Line[5]
KML file
Template:Attached KML/Metra[34]
Length
+784.9[33]
Motto text
The way to really fly.[28]
Operator
Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway[6][7]
Reporting mark
METX[29]
Social media followers
29k (25k–29k, n=4)[35][36][37][38]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Metra en METX en-gb METX fa مترا fr Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation he מטרא he רכבת הפרברים של שיקגו he רכבת הפרוורים של שיקגו id Metra (kereta komuter) ja Metra ja メトラ ko 메트라 ru Метра sv Chicagos pendeltåg zh Metra zh Metra铁路 zh 芝加哥通勤鐵路 zh-hans 芝加哥通勤铁路
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
262145858084723021804
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
20110530 Metra.JPG ↗
Crunchbase organization ID
metra-rail-service-of-northern-illinois
Downdetector ID
metra
Encyclopedia of Chicago ID
819
Facebook username
MetraRail
Freebase ID
/m/02cc30
Instagram username
metrarail
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
metra-bffe2a, metra-342c43, metra-2151f9, metra-60c111, metra-09b582
Onestop ID
o-dp3-metra
OpenStreetMap node ID
10040278117
Topic's main category
Category:Metra
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X (Twitter) username
metra, Metra

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🔗 Connections
← Transport network 7
Chicago Union Station, LaSalle Street Station, Millennium Station, Naperville, Ogilvie Transportation Center, Homewood, Metra Electric District
Instance of 2
transport network, transport company
Operator 2
Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway
← Operator 2
EMD F40C, Metra Electric District
Country 1
United States
Has part(s) 1
Metra Electric District
Has these parts 1
Metra Electric District
Headquarters location 1
Illinois
Industry 1
commuter rail
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chicago metropolitan area
Member of 1
Association of American Railroads
Owned entities 1
Metra Electric District
Parent organization or unit 1
Regional Transportation Authority
Track gauge 1
standard-gauge railway
← Child organization or unit 1
Regional Transportation Authority
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Related Entities

Illinois Union Pacific Railroad United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [1] ↑ . aar.org. aar.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → metra-bffe2a, metra-342c43, metra-2151f9 +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: metra-2151f9, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  2. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → metra-bffe2a, metra-342c43, metra-2151f9 +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: metra-342c43, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  3. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', '
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → metra-bffe2a, metra-342c43, metra-2151f9 +2
    Sitelink count → 19
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: metra-bffe2a, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  4. 9w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap node ID → 10040278117
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ OpenStreetMap node ID: 10040278117, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270419|batch #270419]]"
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