This page is designed to give Metra customers and interested members of the public a behind-the-scene look at how Metra operates. Click on one of the links below to learn more:
- Metra Police Department serves and protects
- Your lost phone or umbrella might be in Metra's Lost and Found offices
- Replacing railroad ties requires a parade of strange machines.
- Safety at Metra is a 24/7 operation
- What Metra does during a pedestrian incident or other service disruption
- GPS Center keeps public informed about extensive rail operations
- Strange-looking geometry car helps keep your ride smooth
- Metra's busiest switching location handles more than 350 trains a day
- In-house rehab program transforms old railcars to like-new condition
- How Metra computes on-time performance and schedules trains
- VIDEO: Watch Metra and Union Pacific crews replace a switch at the busiest switch location in the system