Des Plaines station

Des Plaines
Location 1501 Miner Street
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Coordinates 42°02′28″N 87°53′12″W / 42.0410°N 87.8866°W / 42.0410; -87.8866Coordinates: 42°02′28″N 87°53′12″W / 42.0410°N 87.8866°W / 42.0410; -87.8866
Owned by City of Des Plaines
Line(s)
  Union Pacific Northwest
Platforms 1 side platform
1 island platform
Tracks 3
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone D
History
Opened 1915
Rebuilt 1979
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,221 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank 34 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Harvard or McHenry
Union Pacific Northwest
toward Ogilvie

Des Plaines is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest line in Des Plaines, Illinois. The station is located at 1501 Miner Street (US 14), and lies 16.7 miles (26.9 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Des Plaines is in zone D.

Parking is mostly available along the streets on either side of the tracks. Primarily this includes Miner Street between southeast of Perry Street and west of Des Plaines River Road. Other parking areas exist along Ellinwood Street between Pearson Street and Des Plaines River Road east of the Des Plaines Public Library, a lot on Webford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue (Southbound US 12-45), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.

One train running outbound from Chicago each weekday terminates at Des Plaines.[4]

Pace Bus connections

References

  1. ↑ http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
  2. ↑ http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
  3. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific Northwest Line
  4. ↑


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