Chicago’s Metra’s wildly popular Holidays Trains are back and ready to spread holiday cheer throughout the season on six Metra lines.
Specially decorated trains with holiday characters will make round trips on the BNSF, Milwaukee District North, and Rock Island lines on Dec. 5, the UP Northwest Line on Dec. 12, and the UP North Line on Dec. 19.
And on the Metra Electric Line on Dec. 12, 13, and 19, the decorated trains with holiday characters will deliver riders to a winter wonderland at Millennium Station featuring games, treats, Santa, and other activities.
Schedules for each train are linked below:
Dec. 5
Dec 12
Dec. 13
Dec. 19
The decorated trains also will be used in regular service throughout the month to spread holiday cheer.
Tickets for Metra’s Holiday trains will go on sale at noon on Nov. 16 at shop.metra.com and are expected to sell out fast. Tickets cost $10 each and must be purchased in advance. There is a limit of five tickets per purchase. All transactions are managed by PayPal, but you do not need a PayPal account. You must click on the “Pay with PayPal” button, but then you can choose between logging into your PayPal account or the “Pay With Debit or Credit Card” option.
-via Press Release
