Our holiday trains are back this December, with special runs scheduled on the Metra Electric, BNSF, Milwaukee District West, Rock Island, and Union Pacific Northwest lines. The decorated trains also will be used in regular service throughout the month.

On the Metra Electric Line, your ticket will include a visit to a North Pole winter wonderland at Millennium Station, featuring treats, holiday music, face painting and other fun activities. On the other lines, your ticket includes a round-trip ride on a decorated train featuring holiday characters and treats.

Metra welcomes AT&T as the official Character Costume Sponsor and Chick-fil-A at State and Lake as a valued sponsor for this year’s Holiday Trains. We’re also excited to welcome Easterseals, which will be at Millennium Station creating free buttons for all participants through its HB Threads booth. HB Threads is a nonprofit program that provides employment opportunities, job training, and life skills development for individuals with disabilities.

Holiday trains are planned on the Metra lines and dates listed below. Click on the links to see the exact schedules for each train. The trains shaded in blue are the Holiday Trains - the Holiday Trains don't stop at every station and ticket holders can board at any station where the trains do stop.  

• Dec. 6: Milwaukee District West and BNSF lines
• Dec. 13: Metra Electric, Rock Island, and UP Northwest lines
• Dec. 20: Metra Electric Line

Tickets for Metra’s Holiday trains will go on sale at noon on Nov. 17 on this website 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.

All sales are final. Tickets are not refundable and cannot be exchanged for another Holiday Train.