Kenilworth station (Illinois)

Kenilworth
Kenilworth
Location	400 Richmond Road; Kenilworth, Illinois 60043
Coordinates	42°05′11″N 87°43′00″W / 42.08644°N 87.71665°WCoordinates: 42°05′11″N 87°43′00″W / 42.08644°N 87.71665°W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	D
History
Opened	1891
Passengers
2018	501 (average weekday) 0.2%
Rank	98 out of 236
Services
show Former services

Kenilworth is a commuter railroad station in Kenilworth, Illinois, a small and affluent village in the North Shore area of Chicago. Metra Union Pacific/North Line trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Kenilworth is in zone D. As of 2018, Kenilworth is the 98th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 501 weekday boardings.^[1]

The station is on Kenilworth Avenue between Green Bay Road and Richmond Road. Northbound trains stop on the west platform, and Chicago-bound trains stop on the east platform. Travel time to Ogilvie ranges from 28 minutes on express trains to 38 minutes on local trains. It is also across the street from the Kenilworth Village Hall, which has the Green Bay Bike Trail in the front yard.

The station was built in 1891 by the Chicago and North Western Railway to a design by architect Franklin Burnham of the firm Edbrooke and Burnham.^[2]

Bus connections[]

Pace

213 Green Bay Road

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 July 2019.
^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc,. p. 300. ISBN 978-0471143895.

External links[]

Media related to Kenilworth station (Illinois) at Wikimedia Commons
Metra – Stations – Kenilworth
Station from Kenilworth Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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[:0-1] 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 July 2019.

[2] Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc,. p. 300. ISBN 978-0471143895.

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