Metra Sets 3 Dates for 2022 Holiday Trains

Metra’s holiday trains will steam through Chicago neighborhoods for a limited time in the winter. The company announced the tradition will return, offering riders a trip with a cast of familiar faces: Santa, Mrs. Claus and elves. Those aboard the train can score goody bags before they hop off at Millennium Station, where there will be holiday music, face painting and other activities. The train fleet decked in festive gear will chug along Dec. 3 on Metra’s Electric Line. It’s also set to roll Dec. 10 and 17. Tickets for the special will cost $5 and must be bought in advance, as passes will not be sold on trains, the Ventra app or vending machines, according to the company. Tickets will be available starting Nov. 21 at the following Electric Line and Rock Island Line stations: Millennium: 151 N. Michigan Ave., ChicagoVan Buren: 132 E. Van Buren St., ChicagoLaSalle Street: 414 S. LaSalle St., ChicagoBlue Island Vermont St: 2300 W. Grove St., Blue IslandMidlothian: 3750 W. 147th St., MidlothianOak Forest: 4850 W.159th St., Oak ForestTinley Park: 6700 South St., Tinley ParkTinley Park 80th Avenue: 18001 S. 80th Ave., Tinley ParkNew Lenox: 201 N. Prairie Rd., New LenoxJoliet: 90 E. Jefferson St., Joliet Here’s the holiday train schedule: Inbound University Park: 11:00 a.m.Richton Park: 11:03 a.m.211th Street: 11:08 a.m.Flossmoor: 11:13 a.m.Homewood: 11:15 a.m.Calumet: 11:17 a.m.Harvey: 11:22 a.m.115th/Kensington: 11:32 a.m.55th/56th/57th: 11:42 a.m.51st/53rd: 11:44 a.m.Museum Campus: 11:53 a.m.Millennium: 11:58 a.m. Outbound Millennium: 2:15 p.m.Museum Campus: 2:20 p.m.51st/53rd: 2:29 p.m.55th/56th/57th: 2:31 p.m.115th/Kensington: 2:41 p.m.Harvey: 2:50 p.m.Calumet: 2:55 p.m.Homewood: 2:57 p.m.Flossmoor: 2:59 p.m.211th Street: 3:03 p.m.Richton Park: 3:08 p.m.University Park: 3:15 p.m. Metra noted ticketholders will be able to take any outbound Electric Line train on the date of their ticket.

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