Suburban Transit Access Route (Metra)

The Suburban Transit Access Route is a railway project in outer suburban Chicago, Illinois, USA. On January 30 2003, Metra announced plans to build a new service line that would introduce a new fleet of Diesel multiple unit trains (DMUs) to connect nearly 100 communities in the region with a 55 mile long STAR (Suburban Transit Access Route) line in suburban Chicago. The STAR line will travel along the EJ&E right of way and in the median of the Northwest Tollway (Interstate 90).

The preliminary cost estimate for the STAR Line was $1.1 billion. The project was authorized under the most recent federal transportation funding bill, SAFETEA-LU, in 2005. The project is currently undergoing Alternatives Analysis as the next step in the process to secure federal funding for the project.

External links

* [http://www.metrarail.com/Press_Releases/starline-map.gifOriginal Map]
* [http://www.nwmc-cog.org/jahia/Jahia/engineName/filemanager/pid/111/STAR%20map%205-03.pdf?actionreq=actionFileDownload&fid=4080 Updated Map (PDF)]
* [http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/star.php "Metra Connects" STAR line website]
* [http://www.tstarinc.com/eje/map2.html Map of current EJ&E right-of-way]

References

* [http://www.metraconnects.metrarail.com# Official Metra New Starts site]
* [http://www.nwmc-cog.org/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/111 Northwest Municipal Conference]

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