O'Hare Transfer station


O'Hare Transfer is a commuter railroad station along Metra's North Central Service that serves Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The station is away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. As of 2018, O'Hare Transfer is the 183rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 113 weekday boardings. The station is located at the dead end of Zemke Boulevard east of Mannheim Road outside the northeast corner of the airport's Multi-Modal Facility.
The railroad station is connected to the Airport Transit System people mover at the O'Hare Multimodal Facility. Two Pace bus routes also stop curbside at the lower level of the ATS station. The free ride on the people mover provides a connection to all four of the airline terminals.
As of February 15, 2024, O'Hare Transfer is served by 12 trains on weekdays.
Owing to the weekday only operation and limited frequency typically offered by the North Central Service, the station is not usually a significant means of access for travelers to O'Hare. All trains are scheduled to stop at the inside platform, but occasionally an announcement will be made over the public address system that a train will be stopping on the outside platform.
Metra offered an expanded schedule for the 2024 Democratic National Convention from August 12–30, 2024. On weekdays, in addition to regularly scheduled service, there were 15 hourly round trips between O'Hare Transfer and Union Station, with stops at River Grove and Western Avenue. On weekends, there were 16 hourly round trips serving the same stations, with no service north of O'Hare Transfer.

Multi Modal Facility

The Multi Modal Facility is an intermodal station serving the Airport Transit System, a people mover serving O'Hare Airport, and three Pace buses ; the station serves as the terminus of the ATS and the three Pace buses. It is located west of the O'Hare Transfer station at the other side of the parking garage and east of US 12/US 45. The station opened on November 7, 2018; however, the ATS did not connect to the newly-opened station. The ATS was closed on January 8, 2019, to reconstruct the entire system as well as to extend the line to the facility. It was originally scheduled to reopen in fall 2019; however, the reopening date was delayed by two years due to supply issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and contract disputes. The ATS reopened on November 3, 2021, under a limited schedule; the people mover returned to its full schedule on April 18, 2022. Since the reopening, the ATS connects to the MMF.

Transit Connections

Airport Transit System
CTA
Pace