Elmwood Park station
Elmwood Park is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line in Elmwood Park, Illinois. The station is 10.2 miles (16.4 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Elmwood Park is in zone C.
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 The Elmwood Park station in September 2016. | |||||||||||||
| Location | 7600 West Grand Avenue Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.9248°N 87.8148°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1916 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1956, 2001 | ||||||||||||
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Elmwood Park station consists of three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track has no platform so Milwaukee District/West Line stopping trains must use the outer tracks. Metra North Central Service trains use the tracks but do not stop. Just west of the station is the Grand Avenue Railroad Crossing, which is the longest grade crossing in the Chicago area. It's so long, that drivers need to use extra caution when crossing the tracks. It is used by both Metra and Canadian Pacific Railway trains.
Elmwood Park has built a kiss-n-ride drop off station on Grand Avenue. This allows cars to pull into the driveway and quickly drop off others safely. This is part of their plan to reconstruct Grand Avenue.
Bus connections
- "Route 307 – Harlem". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
- "Route 319 – Grand Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.