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Address | 10 North Saint Johns Avenue Highland Park, IL |
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Connections | Pace Green Bay Bike Trail |
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | E | ||||||||||
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Braeside is a railroad station near Highland Park, Illinois serving Metra's Union Pacific/North Line, in the Braeside neighborhood of Highland Park. It is located at 10 North St. Johns Avenue, just off Lake Cook Road. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Braeside is in zone E. Cook County Forest Preserves' Turnbull Woods and William N. Erickson Preserve are adjacent to the station, and the Chicago Botanic Garden is about a mile away. Braeside Station has a hut on the inbound side of the track, but not the outbound side.
The station consists of two side platforms and a waiting room, but does not contain a ticket agent booth or restroom facilities. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Trains go south to Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center, and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin.