Tag: Metra UP West Line

Pace Bus 802 to a Snowy ride on the UP West Line back to Chicago

Post author By Jeremiah Cox
Post date March 26, 2018

This is final section (part 3 or 3) of February 17th, 2018’s adventures on the the BNSF Railway and UP West Line. After getting on Pace Bus 802 at the Aurora Transportation Center, we leave on time but it’s a slow ride. It’s snowing fairly hard at this point and the driver is definitely focused […]

Tags BNSF-UP West Adventure, Metra UP West Line

Chicago Transit Adventures

A Sunday Metra bike ride – the UP North Line to Ravina, biking across to the Milwaukee North Line to the Milwaukee West Line to Elgin for the Night

Post author By Jeremiah Cox
Post date November 22, 2017

This past June 4, 2017 I found myself with a Monday I had to take off from work (working an event the following Saturday), and no plans, my friend Robbie needed to go to Chicago to catch a flight after visiting so I decided to spend the night in a suburban Chicago hotel and try […]

Tags Metra, Metra Milwaukee West Line, Metra UP North Line, Metra UP West Line