Wood Dale station
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Location | 199 Division Street Wood Dale, Illinois | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°57′45″N 87°58′31″W / 41.9624°N 87.9752°WCoordinates: 41°57′45″N 87°58′31″W / 41.9624°N 87.9752°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | D | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1946, 2012 | ||||||||||
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2018 | 596 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | ||||||||||
Rank | 83 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||
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Wood Dale is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Wood Dale, Illinois. The station is 19.1 miles (30.7 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Wood Dale is in zone D. As of 2018, Wood Dale is the 83rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 596 weekday boardings.[1]
History[]
The station was opened in 1930.[citation needed] Sixteen years later, the station was rebuilt.[citation needed] In 1992, METRA funded a 149 space expansion of the commuter parking lot.[3] That same year, the station became part of the first PACE Bus route to be subsidized by METRA.[4] In 2004, a man was struck and killed near the station while taking a shortcut to work.[5] In 2009, the city began construction of a new station as part of a larger transit-oriented development strategy. The new prairie style station was completed in 2012.[6][7]
Gallery[]
The west entrance of the Wood Dale METRA station.
The clock tower of the Wood Dale station.
The south side entrance of the Wood Dale station.
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.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West
- ^ "Metra Parking Lot To Add 149 Spaces". Chicago Tribune. January 20, 1992. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Marszalek, Diana (October 5, 1992). "Pace`s New Commuter Route To Start Rolling Oct. 19". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Fourth pedestrian killed by Metra train". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. March 26, 2004. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Mistretta, Elisabeth (May 22, 2009). "Wood Dale leaders hope improved Metra station will spur development". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Sanders, Scott (November 9, 2012). "Mayor: New look coming for downtown Wood Dale". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
External links[]
- Metra templates
- Metra stations in Illinois
- Former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad stations
- Railway stations in DuPage County, Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1930
- Illinois railway station stubs