Morton Grove station
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| Location | 8501 Lehigh Avenue Morton Grove, Illinois 60053 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°02′06″N 87°47′07″W / 42.0350°N 87.7852°WCoordinates: 42°02′06″N 87°47′07″W / 42.0350°N 87.7852°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | C&M Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Pace Bus | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 967 (average weekday)[1]  0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 54 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Morton Grove is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Morton Grove, Illinois. The station is located at 8501 Lehigh Ave., is 14.6 miles (23.5 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line,[2] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Morton Grove is in zone C. As of 2018, Morton Grove is the 54th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 967 weekday boardings.[1]
As of 2022, Morton Grove is served by all 19 inbound trains and 14 outbound trains on weekdays, by all 10 trains in both directions on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in both directions on Sundays.
Morton Grove station was originally built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1892. Parking is available in front of the station, as well as along the side of sections Lehigh Avenue and Elm Street from Lehigh to the dead end at St. Paul Woods, part of the Cook County Forest Preserve.
Bus connections[]
- 210 Lincoln Avenue
- 250 Dempster Street (2 blocks north on Ferris at Dempster)
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/North Line
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- Morton Grove, Illinois
- Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois
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