Metra
Metra has frequent service to Evanston from Chicago and the northern suburbs on the Union Pacific/North Line.
View the complete schedule the Union Pacific/North Line on the Metra website.
About Metra
Metra is the commuter rail agency serving Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties in the Chicago area. It is the sister agency to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), which provides mass transit rail (the L) and bus service to Chicago and some suburbs, and Pace, which provides bus service primarily in the suburbs. Metra serves more than 100 communities with 239 stations on 11 lines running from five stations in Chicago’s downtown.
Transit Benefit Program
To help lower the cost of public transit and parking for those who commute to work at the University, Northwestern deducts University parking fees and transit expenses from benefits-eligible employees' gross pay before calculating taxes. Learn more about the NU Transit Benefit Program.
