Railroad Capacity from a Commuter Rail Perspective: Summary of Remarks

Metra was formed in 1984 as an independent agency overseeing commuter rail operations in Chicago's six-county region. Systemwide, Metra runs 692 trains a day on 11 lines, and only one of those lines is used exclusively by Metra's commuter rail operation. These comments briefly describe Metra's new starts and the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency plan.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/158419.aspx
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• Authors:
  • Pagano, Philip A
• Conference:
  • Workshop on Research to Enhance Rail Network Performance
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2006-4-5 to 2006-4-6
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 41-42
• Monograph Title: Research to Enhance Rail Network Performance
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings on the Web
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad commuter service
• Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad capacity; Service expansion
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046032
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 9 2007 2:36PM