Editing DuPage County, Illinois (section)

===Public transit===
==== Regional Transit Authority ====
DuPage is served by a number of modes of public transit overseen by the [[Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois)|Regional Transportation Authority]]. [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] operates the bus system within the county. DuPage County is also well-covered by [[Metra]], the Chicago-area commuter rail system. Three of Metra's eleven lines pass through the county: [[Milwaukee District West Line]], [[Union Pacific West Line]], and [[BNSF Line]]. Nineteen Metra stations are located within DuPage County. 

Extending the [[O'Hare, Chicago|O'Hare]] terminus of the [[Chicago "L"]]'s [[Blue Line (CTA)| Blue Line]] westward to [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]] has been a topic of discussion for years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nitkin |first1=Alex |title=The CTA Has Interesting Ideas For a Blue Line Extension Sitting on the Shelf |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/march-2018/the-cta-has-interesting-ideas-for-a-blue-line-extension-sitting-on-the-shelf/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |publisher=Chicago Magazine |date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> After planning for the [[Suburban Transit Access Route (Metra)|Metra STAR Line]] nixed the initial route which went exclusively through Cook County, an option that would include two stations in DuPage County ([[Bensenville, Illinois|Bensenville]]/ [[Wood Dale, Illinois| Wood Dale]], as well as [[Itasca, Illinois|Itasca]]) became the preferred alternative.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nitkin |first1=Alex |title=The CTA Has Interesting Ideas For a Blue Line Extension Sitting on the Shelf |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/march-2018/the-cta-has-interesting-ideas-for-a-blue-line-extension-sitting-on-the-shelf/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |publisher=Chicago Magazine |date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> After resistance from [[Chicago Mayor]] [[Richard M. Daley]], this plan failed to come to fruition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nitkin |first1=Alex |title=The CTA Has Interesting Ideas For a Blue Line Extension Sitting on the Shelf |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/march-2018/the-cta-has-interesting-ideas-for-a-blue-line-extension-sitting-on-the-shelf/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |publisher=Chicago Magazine |date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>

In 2008, the [[Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois)|Regional Transit Authority]] included an {{convert|13.3|mi|km|adj=on}} extension of a different branch of the Blue Line, from its current western terminus at Forest Park to [[Yorktown Center]] in [[Lombard, Illinois]]. Several feeder bus services would also be implemented in this plan. The prospect of this extension was also listed in the Chicago region's 2030 master plan.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-corridor_22feb22,0,3797698.story | title=Cook-DuPage corridor project would extend Blue Line |newspaper=Chicago Tribune| access-date=2008-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226021531/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-corridor_22feb22,0,3797698.story | archive-date=2008-02-26 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Amtrak====
[[Amtrak]] also serves the county at [[Naperville station]]. The [[Illinois Zephyr]] and [[Carl Sandburg (train)|Carl Sandburg]] run from Chicago to [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]], the [[Southwest Chief]] from Chicago to Los Angeles, and the [[California Zephyr]] runs from Chicago to [[Emeryville, California]].