SUNDAY: Metra suspends UPNW service July 19 for track work near Des Plaines
- Posted by Barrington Hills
- On July 16, 2026
Metra will suspend all train service on the UP Northwest Line on Sunday, July 19 due to construction by CN at a crossing in Des Plaines.
The CN will be replacing the diamonds (the sections of track where two rail lines intersect) at the Deval interlocking, a crossing with Union Pacific tracks about half a mile north of Metra’s Des Plaines Station. During the outage, all three tracks used by the UP Northwest Line will be out of service, and no Metra service will operate on the line.
The last outbound UP Northwest Line train will be the 12:30 a.m. departure from Chicago early Sunday, July 19. The last inbound to Chicago will depart Harvard at 9:35 p.m. Saturday night, July 18. Metra expects service to be fully restored in time for the Monday morning rush on July 20, although passengers may experience slight delays passing through the construction zone due to temporary speed restrictions.
During the outage, customers are advised to seek alternate transportation including Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line; CTA Blue Line service at Jefferson Park and Irving Park stations; Pace Pulse Dempster service at Des Plaines station providing connections to CTA Yellow and Purple Line service; and CTA and Pace local bus service at Cumberland, Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Edison Park, Norwood Park, Jefferson Park, Irving Park, and Clybourn stations.
