Highland Park station (Illinois)
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Location | 1800 St. Johns Avenue Highland Park, Illinois 60035 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°11′00″N 87°47′51″W / 42.1833°N 87.7974°WCoordinates: 42°11′00″N 87°47′51″W / 42.1833°N 87.7974°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | City of Highland Park | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() Green Bay Bike Trail | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | E | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1963[citation needed] | ||||||||||
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2018 | 1,005 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | ||||||||||
Rank | 50 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||
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Highland Park is a railroad station in Highland Park, Illinois serving Metra's Union Pacific/North Line. It is located at 1800 St. Johns Avenue. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Highland Park is in zone E. As of 2018, Highland Park is the 50th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,005 weekday boardings.[1]
The station consists of two side platforms and a waiting room, with a ticket agent booth staffed on weekday mornings. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Trains go south to Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center, and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Nearly all trains that come through stop at this station. All weekend trains and all weekday outbound trains stop. Nearly all inbound trains stop here while two weekday morning rush hour trains skip this station.
Bus connections[]
- 213 Green Bay Road
- 471 Highland Park/Northbrook Court
- 472 Highland Park/Highwood
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
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