Project Management Oversight (PMO) Capital Projects

The project will remove the 11 existing Union Pacific North (UP-N) Line bridges over local roads and streets in the City of Chicago. The 11 bridges will be replaced with single-span bridges designed with three through plate girders and new abutments. Each bridge will also require a walkway and sacrificial girders along the outer girders. Nearly 2 miles of retaining walls will be replaced and several miles of track, ties, and ballast will be installed. The construction will be staged and phased to ensure that two tracks will remain in service throughout the duration of construction to limit service disruptions.

This project will replace Metra station identification signs throughout the entire Metra system. A majority of these signs were installed in the early 1980s and are reaching the end of their useful life. The new signs will be designed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), coordinate color schemes with the rail line branding, and improve wayfinding to more easily decern the direction of travel from each boarding platform.

This project will fund the second phase of the Positive Train Control (PTC) Project. Project funds will update back-office equipment, components, hardware, software, and other equipment that is necessary to maintain safe and consistent operations of Metra’s interoperable PTC system. This project will fund the purchase, installation, and training of a modern, streamlined PTC system to replace the current PTC back office before the end of its useful life. This new system will have an advanced user interface that will provide operational self-checks and will enable safer operations.

This project funds the rehabilitation or replacement of several passenger boarding platforms each year and may include improvements to access pathways as necessary. Platform cracks, fissures, and buckling will be addressed to ensure the boarding platforms are level and safe. Improvements will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and may include the installation or replacement of deteriorated tactile surfaces with ADA-compliant “truncated dome” surfaces.

This project will fund the second phase of Positive Train Control (PTC). Project funds will update onboard equipment and parts in locomotives and cab cars that communicate with the guideway PTC system.

This project covers all cybersecurity-related hardware, software, professional services, and cloud investments for the entire agency. The project also includes the purchase of hardware and software for multiple networks and segments including IT systems, positive train control (PTC), SCADA infrastructure, signal, telecom, and camera networks. The purchased equipment will cover vulnerability scanning and prioritization, patch automation and remediation, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and endpoint detection and response (EDR).This project will fund the purchase and installation of equipment and software for scanning, prioritization, and remediation of vulnerabilities. This also includes the purchase of hardware and software for multiple networks and segments including IT systems, positive train control (PTC), SCADA infrastructure, and signal, telecom, and camera networks. The purchased equipment will cover vulnerability scanning and prioritization, patch automation and remediation, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and endpoint detection and response (EDR).

Metra’s Union Pacific North (UP-N) Line will undergo significant rehabilitation in 2022. Union Pacific Railroad’s crews will replace ties, clean or replace ballast, and replace switch components on the northern extents of the UP-N Line. This project improves the riding quality of the trains and reduces the incidence of slow orders, which can impact the ability to maintain on-time performance. Metra provides funds to improve the track along the UP-N Line and other lines and yard facilities owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.

This project will replace the 16th Street interlocking with a modern solid-state automated electronic system at a junction with tracks owned by Canadian National (CN) near 16th Street in Chicago. The 16th Street interlocking plant consists of an obsolete manual interlocking with two outdated hand lever machines built in 1901 and 1929. There are no manufacturers of spare or replacement equipment for these machines.

This project will replace the heating system for two facility buildings at the 47th Street Yard. The project scope includes the procurement and installation of boilers, piping, fixtures, and other equipment for the Diesel and Car maintenance shops.

This project consists of the complete rehabilitation of the 59th/60th Street (U. of Chicago) station facility in Chicago along the Metra Electric Line. As part of the project, the 60th Street entrance will be reopened. Additional project elements include, but may not be limited to, lighting, sidewalk, bike facilities, landscape enhancements and other related work. The project will leverage $2,500,000 from the University of Chicago.