Hubbard Woods (Metra)

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Hubbard Woods
Metra commuter rail

Station statistics

Address

1065 Gage Street
Winnetka, Illinois

Lines

Union Pacific/North

Connections

Pace Bus
Green Bay Trail

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

2 tracks

Other information

Owned by

Union Pacific Railroad

Fare zone

Hubbard Woods is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/North Line located in Winnetka, Illinois. Hubbard Woods is located at 1065 Gage St. Hubbard Woods is 17.7 miles (28 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific/North Line.^[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hubbard Woods is in zone D.

Hubbard Woods consists of a station house and two platforms which serve two tracks. The station house is located at ground level and is open from 5:15 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. The platforms at Hubbard Woods are located in a below-grade trench. The platforms are accessible from Scott Avenue as well as a bridge adjecent to the station house. Parking is available at Hubbard Woods. The Green Bay Trail, a hiking and bicycle trail, runs parallel to the train tracks at Hubbard Woods and is accessible from the platforms.

Hubbard Woods and the other two Metra stations in Winnetka were originally built at grade level like all other Union Pacific/North Line stations north of Evanston Central Street. However, the grade crossings were not very safe, and accidents at railroad crossings resulted in twenty-nine deaths between 1912 and 1937. After two more women were hit by a train at the Pine Street crossing and died in October 1937, the community of Winnetka demanded that something be done about the railroad crossings. It was decided that the railroad tracks would be lowered into a below-grade trench to eliminate street crossings. The project which lowered the tracks was partly funded by the Public Works Administration and was completed in 1943 after five years of work.^[2] Hubbard Woods and Winnetka stations are located in the trench, and Indian Hill is an elevated station just south of the trench.