| Des Plaines | |||||||||||
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| Address | 1501 Miner Street Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 |
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| Connections | Pace Buses | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Side platform 1 Island platform |
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| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | D | ||||||||||
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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 east of the Des Plaines Public Library, a lot on Webford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue (Southbound US 12-45), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.