Lake Bluff station
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 Lake Bluff Metra station exterior shot along the North Shore's historic Union Pacific North Line in Lake Bluff, September 1, 2010. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 600 North Sheridan Road Lake Bluff, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°16′47″N 87°50′47″W / 42.2797°N 87.8465°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 647 (average weekday)[1]  5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 80 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lake Bluff is a railroad station in the village of Lake Bluff, Illinois, on Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is officially located at 600 North Sheridan Road, is 30.2 miles (48.6 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line,[2] and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Bluff is in zone 4. As of 2018, Lake Bluff is the 80th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 647 weekday boardings.[1]
As of February 16, 2024, Lake Bluff is served by 46 trains (23 in each direction) on weekdays, by all 26 trains (13 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.
The current station was built in 1904, and previously served the Chicago and North Western Railway before it was bought out by Union Pacific Railroad in 1995. Parking is available in front of the station on North Sheridan Road from the intersection of Scranton Avenue, and on Mawman Avenue off the southeast corner of Rockland Road. It was included in the National Register of Historic Places listing for the Lake Bluff Uptown Commercial Historic District in 2006.
The station was staffed until 2016.[3]
The Union Pacific Lakes Sub parallels the station's trackage and connects with the line north of the station. It follows the line to a curve north of the Waukegan station, where the line ends. Union Pacific has a railyard in Waukegan that services Metra trains as well as their own.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2019.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/North Line
- ^ "Metra will no longer staff Lake Bluff ticket station". Chicago Sun-Times. November 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016.
External links
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Media related to Lake Bluff (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metra - Lake Bluff Station
- Southbound Train approaching the station (Metra Fan Photos)
- Scranton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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- Metra stations in Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904
- Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
- Historic district contributing properties in Illinois
- National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Illinois
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois
- Union Pacific North Line
- Illinois railway station stubs