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Chicago’s Union Station Polar Express Canceled for 2025, Second Straight Year

Organizers attribute the hiatus to street reconstruction above the station.

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

  • Event organizers announced last week on social media that the Chicago run will not operate this holiday season.
  • They cited extensive city street construction above Union Station as the reason for the suspension.
  • This is the second consecutive year the Chicago Polar Express has been called off.
  • Rides will proceed at regional sites, including Monticello Railway Museum Nov. 14–Dec. 7, the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay Nov. 21–Dec. 14, and French Lick Scenic Railway Nov. 1–Dec. 23, with Elgin’s Santa’s Trolley Express running in November and December.
  • Organizers said they understand the event’s importance to families and hope to return, following earlier disruptions in 2020 and 2022.