PROJECTS: Passenger Rail

Metra / 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station

M2 is providing architectural design services for the Metra 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station on the Metra Electric District Line. The scope for this project includes renovating and enlarging the station entrance, the design of a new platform, along with new lighting and sound system, and at platform level, the design of a new heated warming house. This project also includes the design of a temporary access route for customers.

Metra / Kendall County Extension Study

Muller & Muller, Ltd. (M2) is providing architectural design services for five new commuter rail stations and a layover yard crew facility as part of a study to extend the Metra BNSF Service to Kendall County with options for a terminus station at Yorkville, Plano, or Sandwich, IL. The station scope includes schematic design of new station headhouses and warming shelters with platforms and parking on new site developments at Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, and Sandwich. Additional scope includes design of pedestrian underpasses with covered ramps and stairs connecting the inbound and outbound platforms at all run-through stations. M2 proposed a flexible model station concept to provide a consistent design language built around a kit of parts. Each municipality will…

Sangamon County / Springfield Sangamon County Transportation Center

M2 is proud to team with Hanson to design this new Multimodal Transportation Center, "The Hub" in Springfield, IL. Construction phase of this project is slated to be completed in the fall of 2023. This portion of the project includes a new SMTD Bus terminal, a café, exterior plazas, and gathering space. The expanded and improved bus terminal opened in the spring of 2022.  

Chicago Department of Transportation / Union Station Transit Center

Muller2 provided full architectural services as prime consultant for Phases I and II of the new Union Station Transit Center (USTC). The project revamps an existing ground level parking lot immediately south of Union Station into a dynamic modern transit center serving patrons of CTA, Amtrak, and Metra. Further, the USTC will simultaneously launch Bus Rapid Transit in the south loop as its new hub. The USTC includes three off-street dedicated bus lanes and a fully accessible underground pedway extension, connecting directly to Metra and Amtrak trains. The project will provide easier more direct connections: consolidation of numerous curb-side bus stops into a centralized transit facility; more efficient bus traffic flow; and decreased travel times.

Illinois Department of Transportation / High Speed Rail – Chicago to St. Louis

M2 is the architectural design consultant for the Program Management Team working on the design and construction of the new Illinois High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridor between Chicago and St. Louis, as well as the Architect of Record for several of the stations along the corridor. Program goals are for modern, accessible, and sustainable stations for HSR Service while carefully stitching them into the historic context of the locations they will serve. As Architect of Record for the Springfield, Lincoln, Pontiac and Carlinville stations, work has included new train platforms, custom canopies, improvements to vehicular circulation, and upgrades to staff areas.