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Chicago’s Union Station Polar Express Canceled Again for 2025

Organizers cite extensive street reconstruction over Union Station as the reason.

An actor playing the role of the Conductor, poses for a photograph on the Polar Express Train Ride at the Swanage Railway in Dorset, a festive-themed train journey based on the Polar Express book and film, which invites visitors to travel in their pyjamas and dressing gowns as they journey from Swanage to the ‘North Pole’. Picture date: Thursday November 16, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The cancellation marks the second consecutive year without the Chicago run of the holiday train ride.
  • Organizers announced the decision on social media and said they hope to return in a future season.
  • The Polar Express will operate elsewhere this year, including Monticello Railway Museum (Nov. 14–Dec. 7), National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (Nov. 21–Dec. 14), and French Lick Scenic Railway (Nov. 1–Dec. 23).
  • A similar Santa’s Trolley Express is scheduled at the Fox River Trolley Museum in Elgin in November and December.
  • Chicago’s Polar Express has faced repeated disruptions in recent years, including cancellation in 2020 during the pandemic and a crew shortage in 2022.