Tickets for this year’s Metra holiday trains go on sale Wednesday, allowing Metra passengers to meet Santa, Mrs. Claus and other holiday characters.
Holiday trains will run on the Metra Electric Line, BNSF Line, and Milwaukee District West Line on Saturday, December 2nd, and on the Rock Island Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line on Saturday, December 9th. Masu. The Metra Electric Line will also be designated as a holiday train. We conclude the holiday season on Saturday, December 16th.
On the Metra Line, the experience concludes with an “Arctic Winter Wonderland” at Millennium Station that includes snacks, holiday music, face painting, and other activities.
Participants can take the Holiday Train back to their departure point or stay downtown and use their Holiday Train ticket to return to their scheduled train that day, according to a Metra news release.
ticket is, Buy online for $5 Metra said in a release that it expects to sell out.
“We encourage you to join us and make Metra a part of your holiday tradition,” said Jim Derwinski, Metra CEO and Executive Director.
The transit agency will also donate holiday train tickets to the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago.
