Kenilworth station (Illinois)

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.

Kenilworth
Location400 Richmond Road
Kenilworth, Illinois 60043
Coordinates42.08644°N 87.71665°W / 42.08644; -87.71665
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneD
History
Opened1891
Traffic
Passengers (2018)501 (average weekday)[1]
Rank98 of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Indian Hill
toward Kenosha
 Union Pacific / North Wilmette
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Indian Hill
toward Milwaukee
 Milwaukee Division Wilmette
toward Chicago

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]

As of 2018, Kenilworth is the 98th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 501 weekday boardings.[1]

Bus connections

Pace

  • 213 Green Bay Road

References
  1. "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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