Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin and Chicago Union Station): National Street, Elgin, and Big Timber Road. Big Timber Road is the western terminus of this service, however it is not serviced by the Metra on weekends or major U.S. holidays as trains terminate in Elgin on those days. Elgin used to have a streetcar system, operated by the Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company. Additionally, Elgin was served by several interurban lines. The most prominent of these was the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad which provided frequent service into Chicago. Local bus service is provided by PACE (the Suburban bus provider of the Northeastern Illinois Regional Transportation Authority). PACE operates about a dozen bus routes in the city with service running Monday through Saturday. Most of the routes terminate at the Elgin Transportation Center located at 102 West Chicago Street in downtown. Routes generally run every half hour and meet up at the terminal at the same time to provide convenient transferring. Several routes also travel out of Elgin to other nearby suburbs, such as Carpentersville, West Dundee (Spring Hill Mall), Schaumburg (Woodfield Mall), and St. Charles (and connecting bus service to Aurora and Geneva). Pace operates an express route between Elgin and the Rosemont station on the Blue Line. The service operates along I-90. Access to the bus route is via the Elgin Transportation Center, the Randall Road park and ride lot, and the IL-25 park and ride lot. Major highways Major highways in Elgin include: Interstate Highways Interstate 90 US Highways US 20 Illinois Highways Route 19 Route 25 Route 31 Route 58 Route 72 Education Four public school districts and 18 private schools serve Elgin. K–12 public Elgin Area School District U46—Elgin-based, serves most of Elgin U-46, the second largest school district in Illinois, serves an area of some in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. Almost 40,000 children of school age are in its area. Elgin's two public high schools, Elgin High School and Larkin High School, are home to the Gifted and Talented Academy and the Visual and Performing Arts Academy, respectively. U-46 also operates the Elgin Math & Science Academy, a charter school, which will open for the Fall 2018 school year, initially serving grades K-3. Community Unit School District 301—Burlington-based, serves some western portions of Elgin Community Unit School District 300—Carpentersville-based, serves some northwestern portions of Elgin