Des Plaines (Metra)

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Des Plaines Metra regional rail
Station statistics
Address	1501 Miner Street Des Plaines, Illinois
Lines	Union Pacific/Northwest
Connections	Pace Bus
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	1915
Fare zone	D

Des Plaines is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest line in the City of Des Plaines, Illinois. The station is officially located at 1501 Miner Street(US 14), and lies 16.7 miles (26.9 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[1] 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, a lot on Wesford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue(Southbound US 12-45), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.

[edit] Pace Bus Connections

• 208: Golf Road.
• 209: Busse Highway.
• 230: South Des Plaines.
• 234: Wheeling - Des Plaines.
• 250: Dempster Street.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Metra - Des Plaines Station
• Chicago Railfan.net:
  • Des Plaines Station
  • Des Plaines Freight Sidings and Other Views

Preceding station		Metra		Following station
Cumberland toward Harvard or McHenry		Union Pacific/Northwest		Dee Road toward Ogilvie