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Battery Electric Train Infrastructure

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Agency

Metra

Asset Category

Rolling Stock

Mode

Rail

2025 Funding

$1,500,000

2025-2029 Funding

$1,500,000

PMO

Project Map i
Capital Evaluation Metrics i

Evaluation Metric	Measure
Access to Key Destinations i	Significantly improves Access to Key Destinations Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Accessibility Improvement(s) i	Project is not related to accessibility Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Asset Condition (FTA TERM Rating) i	Asset(s) rated below 2 Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Benefit to Riders i	Significant benefit to riders Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Capacity Benefit and Need i	Project increases capacity of transit operations not near capacity Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Climate Agency Operating Impacts i	Supports moderate reduction in emissions Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Economic Impact i	Moderate impact on economic development Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Equity Based on Residential Geography i	Scores 6-8 in Justice40 metric 'Sum of Disadvantage Indicators' Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Impact on Customer and Employee Safety i	Project has no impact on safety Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Impact on Operating Cost i	Decreases operating cost Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Impact on System Security i	Project does not impact security Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Impact to Service Speed/Reliability i	No impact on service speed/reliability Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Regulatory Requirements i	No regulatory requirements met for this project Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Ridership/Mode Shift Impacts i	Significantly improves transit ridership Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.
Vehicle Useful Life i	Asset is not a vehicle with a useful life Click here to see more information on this capital metric and its measures.

Project Description

Metra's investment in innovative, cleaner energy trainsets will be funded in part by this project to fund studies, designs, and building new electrical charging docks for battery-electric trainsets and locomotives. Hotel power hook-ups that are supplied to each track platform at terminal stations and various points in the rail yards are sufficient to recharge new battery-electric trainsets and locomotives, albeit with sub-optimal power transmission. The goal of this project is to locate new power supply and delivery systems that will serve as express charging docks at locations where Metra will introduce battery-electric trainsets and locomotives to decrease the recharging timeframe and increase the number of runs a train can make throughout the day.