SouthWest Service

The SouthWest Service (SWS) is a Metra commuter rail line, running southwest from Union Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois, to Manhattan, Illinois. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the SouthWest Service line are "Banner Blue," for the Wabash Railroad's Banner Blue passenger train. The trackage is owned by Metra north of a junction with the Belt Railway of Chicago at Loomis Boulevard, and is leased from Norfolk Southern Railway south of the junction (NS has trackage rights over Metra's portion).

SouthWest Service
SouthWest Service #827, pulled by F40PH #101, leaves Union Station in 2011.
Overview
OwnerNorfolk Southern Railway (Leased to Metra)
Termini
Stations13
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetra
Operator(s)Metra, Norfolk Southern Railway
Daily ridership9,600 (Avg. Weekday 2014)
Ridership556,591 (2022)
Technical
Track length40.6 miles
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
SouthWest Service highlighted in blue
0.0
Union Station
LaSalle Street
planned relocation
Dearborn Station
Chicago River (south branch)
IC West to Addison
HC to Joliet
3.2 mi
5.1 km
47th Street
Englewood
Halsted
Racine
Ashland
CSX Transportation
Western Avenue
11.5 mi
18.5 km
Wrightwood
BNSF Railway
12.2 mi
19.6 km
Ashburn
14.7 mi
23.7 km
Oak Lawn
Stony Creek
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
16.6 mi
26.7 km
Chicago Ridge
17.8 mi
28.6 km
Worth
18.6 mi
29.9 km
Palos Heights
19.8 mi
31.9 km
Palos Park
Southmore
23.0 mi
37 km
Orland Park 143rd Street
25.2 mi
40.6 km
Orland Park 153rd Street
28.7 mi
46.2 km
Orland Park 179th Street
Orland Park Coach Yard
Hickory Creek
RI to Joliet│to LaSalle Street
Steele
Jackson Creek (Jackson Branch)
Brisbane
EJ&E Railway
35.4 mi
57 km
Laraway Road
Jackson Creek
40.3 mi
64.9 km
Manhattan
Manhattan Coach Yard

Mileage
source
All stations are accessible
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