Edison Park (Metra)

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Edison Park Metra regional rail
Station statistics
Address	6730 North Olmstead Avenue Edison Park, Chicago, Illinois
Lines	Union Pacific/Northwest
Connections	CTA Buses
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Parking	Yes(On-street, Vending)
Other information
Opened	1956
Accessible
Fare zone	C

Edison Park is a communter rail station along Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line in the Edison Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 6730 North Olmstead Avenue across from Monument Park, and lies 12.3 miles (19.8 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Edison Park is in Zone C.

Edison Park Station is the northernmost station along the UP-NW line within the Chicago City Limits. It contains both a station house along the tracks and an open shelter in between two of them. Parking is available(with vendors), but only along the tracks on North Olmstead Avenue between Ozark and Olympia Avenues.

[edit] CTA Bus Connections

• 68: Northwest Highway

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Metra - Edison Park Station
• Edison Park Station (Chicago Railfan.net)

Preceding station		Metra		Following station
Park Ridge toward Harvard or McHenry		Union Pacific/Northwest		Norwood Park toward Ogilvie