Funds will be used for preliminary engineering of a new rail yard warming shelter construction and a study for pedestrian improvements to the ohare transfer station

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.534 - Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending) will provide $3,500,000 to fund preliminary engineering and planning for transit infrastructure improvements in the Chicago metropolitan area. The key activities to be performed include:

1. Preliminary engineering for a new rail yard warming shelter construction at the Edgebrook Station on Metra's UP-NW line.
2. A concept study for pedestrian access improvements to the O'Hare Transfer Station.

These projects are intended to enhance passenger facilities, improve service reliability and efficiency on the UP-NW, MD-N, and NCS commuter rail lines operated by the Northeast Illinois Railroad Co. (Metra). The award has an expected completion date of March 30, 2030. No sub-recipient activities were specified in the provided information.

Activities

Activities include the preliminary engineering of a new rail yard construction of a shelter at edgebrook station on the outbound side and concept study of improvements to the pedestrian access to ohare transfer station.

Expected outcomes

The projects to be funded by this grant will enhance metras passenger facilities at edgebrook station and ohare transfer station and improve service reliability and efficiency on the up-NW line.

Intended beneficiaries

The projects to be funded under this grant will benefit riders of metras up-NW MD-N and NCS lines.