Glenview Railroad Station

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Glenview

Station statistics

Address

1116 Depot Street
Glenview, IL 60025

Lines

Amtrak:

Empire Builder

Hiawatha

Metra:

Milwaukee District/North

Connections

Pace Buses

Parking

Yes; free

Baggage check

Other information

Opened

1995

Accessible

Code

GLN

Fare zone

D(Metra)

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

49,663 ▲ 5.5%

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak	Following station
Milwaukee toward Seattle or Portland	Empire Builder	Chicago Terminus
Sturtevant toward Milwaukee	Hiawatha	Chicago Terminus
Preceding station	Metra	Following station
North Glenview toward Fox Lake	Milwaukee District/North	Golf toward Union Station

Glenview, Illinois is a stop for both Metra commuter rail and Amtrak north of Chicago. On Metra, the station is located on the Milwaukee District North Line that runs between Chicago Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. On Amtrak, the station is located on 2 lines, the Hiawatha that runs between Chicago Union Station and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Empire Builder that operates between Chicago, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. It also served the short-lived Lake Country Limited which ran between Chicago and Janesville, Wisconsin between April 15, 2000 and September 23, 2001. Frequent, daily service is provided on both the Metra Milwaukee District North Line and the Amtrak Hiawatha, while the Amtrak Empire Builder provides once a day service. Passengers traveling between Glenview and Chicago or Glenview and Milwaukee are not permitted to board or disembark on the Empire Builder at Glenview, due to the availability of other, frequent service.