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==Rail Operators== | ==Rail Operators== | ||
* AMTRAK | * AMTRAK | ||
** [https://www.amtrak.com/empire-builder-train Empire Builder] | ** [https://www.amtrak.com/empire-builder-train Empire Builder] a long-distance train operating one round trip a day between Chicago and Seattle/Portland. | ||
** [https://www.amtrak.com/hiawatha-train Hiawatha] This is a corridor service operating six round trips a day between Chicago and Milwaukee. | |||
** [https://www.amtrak.com/routes/borealis-train.html Borealis] a new corridor service operating one round trip between the Twin Cities and Chicago, via Milwaukee. | |||
* METRA | |||
** [https://metra.com/ METRA] Kenosha, Wisconsin is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is the northern terminus of the line, which runs south to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. | |||
==Tourist Lines== | ==Tourist Lines== | ||
* [https://www.easttroyrr.org/ East Troy Railroad Museum] operate the East Troy Electric Railroad, an interurban heritage railroad. Passenger excursions run on a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of track from East Troy to Mukwonago, Wisconsin. Tracks are standard gauge and electrification is overhead supply 600V DC. | |||
* [https://www.lumberjacksteamtrain.com/ Laona and Northern Railway] runs for 1.2 miles (1.9km) on standard gauge tracks from Soo Line Depot to Camp Five. | |||
* [https://www.midcontinent.org/ Mid-Continent Railway Museum] is a railroad museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin which has a 7-mile (11 km) round trip ride aboard preserved railroad cars. | |||
* [https://trainride.org/ Minnesota Transportation Museum] The museum operates the Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway. ''Pumpkin Express'' excursions go 5 miles (8km) north from Osceola to Dresser. All other excursions go south for 10 miles (16.1km), entering Minnesota to end at Marine. | |||
* [https://www.dellstrain.com/ Riverside and Great Northern Preservation Society] operate the Riverside and Great Northern Railway, a 2 mile (3.2km) 15 inch (381 mm) gauge miniature railway and heritage railroad in Wisconsin Dells. | |||
* [https://spoonertrainride.com/ Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad] operates a historic train line centered in Trego, Wisconsin on 26 miles (41.8km) of track, between Spooner and Hayward with the passenger service stopping at Springbrook. | |||
==Metro and light rail systems== | ==Metro and light rail systems== | ||
* Milwaukee | |||
** [https://thehopmke.com/ The Hop] also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee. The system's 2.1-mile (3.4 km) original "M" line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighbourhoods. On 11 April 2024, a 0.4-mile (640 m) Lakefront, or "L" line, to the nearly complete high-rise development The Couture, began offering full daily service. [https://thehopmke.com/l-line/ system map here]. | |||
* Kenosha | |||
** [https://www.kenosha.org/departments/transit/streetcar_bus_information.php Kenosha Area Transit] Operate historic streetcars on a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) loop between HarborPark and the Kenosha Metra station. Tracks are standard gauge and electrification is overhead line 600V DC. | |||
==Recent and Future Changes== | ==Recent and Future Changes== | ||
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=== Future Changes=== | === Future Changes=== | ||
[https://thehopmke.com/expansion/ The Hop expansion plans] remain uncertain in 2025 due to funding issues. | |||
==Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services== | ==Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services== | ||
See [[USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services#Wisconsin | USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Wisconsin]]. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 15 October 2025
State Details
See Wikipedia; also see United States for information relating to the country as a whole, and the national operator Amtrak.
Maps
Wisconsin is covered by the SPV "North America Railroad Atlas" volume Great Lakes West.
Rail Operators
- AMTRAK
- Empire Builder a long-distance train operating one round trip a day between Chicago and Seattle/Portland.
- Hiawatha This is a corridor service operating six round trips a day between Chicago and Milwaukee.
- Borealis a new corridor service operating one round trip between the Twin Cities and Chicago, via Milwaukee.
- METRA
- METRA Kenosha, Wisconsin is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is the northern terminus of the line, which runs south to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.
Tourist Lines
- East Troy Railroad Museum operate the East Troy Electric Railroad, an interurban heritage railroad. Passenger excursions run on a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of track from East Troy to Mukwonago, Wisconsin. Tracks are standard gauge and electrification is overhead supply 600V DC.
- Laona and Northern Railway runs for 1.2 miles (1.9km) on standard gauge tracks from Soo Line Depot to Camp Five.
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum is a railroad museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin which has a 7-mile (11 km) round trip ride aboard preserved railroad cars.
- Minnesota Transportation Museum The museum operates the Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway. Pumpkin Express excursions go 5 miles (8km) north from Osceola to Dresser. All other excursions go south for 10 miles (16.1km), entering Minnesota to end at Marine.
- Riverside and Great Northern Preservation Society operate the Riverside and Great Northern Railway, a 2 mile (3.2km) 15 inch (381 mm) gauge miniature railway and heritage railroad in Wisconsin Dells.
- Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad operates a historic train line centered in Trego, Wisconsin on 26 miles (41.8km) of track, between Spooner and Hayward with the passenger service stopping at Springbrook.
Metro and light rail systems
- Milwaukee
- The Hop also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee. The system's 2.1-mile (3.4 km) original "M" line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighbourhoods. On 11 April 2024, a 0.4-mile (640 m) Lakefront, or "L" line, to the nearly complete high-rise development The Couture, began offering full daily service. system map here.
- Kenosha
- Kenosha Area Transit Operate historic streetcars on a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) loop between HarborPark and the Kenosha Metra station. Tracks are standard gauge and electrification is overhead line 600V DC.
Recent and Future Changes
Recent Changes
None
Future Changes
The Hop expansion plans remain uncertain in 2025 due to funding issues.
Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services
See USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Wisconsin.
