Sunday schedules will be in effect on the Metra Electric Line and the line will partially shutdown on three weekends this spring, due to construction work associated with the South Shore Line’s expansion plans.

On Sunday, April 26, and throughout the weekends of May 1-2 and June 13-14, Metra and NICTD trains will terminate and originate from the 18th Street Station, with buses replacing trains between Millennium Station and 18th Street. 

Sunday schedules will be in effect on the Metra on all the dates listed above.

The details:

• The Metra Electric Line will operate a Sunday schedule on April 26 and throughout the weekends of May 1 and 2 and June 13 and 14. Schedules for Metra Electric Line Sunday service can be found at metra.com (scroll down for the weekend schedule). South Shore Line trains will operate on their usual weekend schedule.
• No trains will operate between the Millennium and 18th Street stations on Sunday, April 26, and for the entirety of the weekends of May 1 and 2 and June 13 and 14. The Van Buren Street and Museum Campus/11th Street stations will be closed.
• Buses will shuttle riders via the McCormick Place busway between Millennium and 18th Street stations. The buses will not stop at Van Buren Street or Museum Campus/11th Street.
• The shuttle buses cannot accommodate bicycles. Metra also recommends riders travel without heavy luggage.
• For ADA customers and customers who have difficulty using stairs, Pace Paratransit vehicles will shuttle ADA riders via the McCormick Place busway between the Millennium and McCormick Place stations. These vehicles will not stop at the Van Buren Street, Museum Campus/11th Street, or 18th Street stations.

Customer service agents will be stationed at the 18th Street, Millennium and McCormick Place stations to ensure passengers safely transfer between trains and buses.

The construction project is part of the $650 million expansion of NICTD’s South Shore service and is necessary to increase capacity through the area north of 18th Street to accommodate additional South Shore trains. The work includes track realignments and upgrades to the catenary system that supplies power to the trains. When the project is completed, both Metra and South Shore riders should experience improved travel times through the area.