The Metra route would have been the first suburb-to-suburb train line in the Chicago area since 1943. Chicagoland has had at least three suburb to suburb lines in its early history. There was the New York Central line between Gary, Indiana and Joliet (Until 1925). The Chicago & North Western line between Kenosha, Wisconsin and Harvard (Until 1939). The Burlington Route line between Aurora and West Chicago (Until 1943). The line would have started at
O'Hare International Airport, run west along
Interstate 90 towards
Hoffman Estates, then south along the
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway towards
Joliet. The line would have connected almost 100 communities in
Will,
DuPage, and
Cook County. The route would have used a new fleet of European-style trains running at , providing service at 15-minute intervals during peak periods. In June 2003, the
Regional Transportation Authority board unanimously signaled their support for the proposed STAR Line. The project would have cost $1.1 billion and would have taken 10 years to build, depending on funding. == See also ==