Glenview Railroad Station

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Glenview
Station statistics
Address 1116 Depot Street
Glenview, Illinois 60025
Coordinates 42°04′30″N 87°48′21″W / 42.0751°N 87.8057°W / 42.0751; -87.8057Coordinates: 42°04′30″N 87°48′21″W / 42.0751°N 87.8057°W / 42.0751; -87.8057
Line(s) Amtrak:
  Empire Builder
  Hiawatha Service
Metra:
  Milwaukee District North
Connections Pace Buses
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; free after 10
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened March 1995
Accessible
Station code GLN
Owned by Metra
Fare zone D (Metra)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)65,849[1] Decrease 8.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Empire Builder
Terminus
toward Milwaukee
 Hiawatha Service
Metra
toward Fox Lake
 Milwaukee District North

Glenview station (Amtrak station code GLN) is a stop for both Metra commuter rail and Amtrak in Glenview, Illinois, United States, north of Chicago. The facility opened in March 1995 as a replacement for a since-demolished 1950s era station.[2] The new station, designed by Legat Architects of Waukegan, cost approximately $3 million and was funded from a number of sources, including Metra, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Amtrak and the village of Glenview.[3]

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 two 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.

It is proposed that the Amtrak service would shift one stop north to North Glenview. This move would eliminate lengthy stops which block traffic on Glenview Road. This move would involve reconstruction of the North Glenview station to handle the additional traffic, and depends on commitments from Glenview, the Illinois General Assembly and Metra.[4]

The station is used as a location in the 2011 film Source Code, disguised as "Glenbrook" station.

Bus connections

Pace

  • 210 - Lincoln Avenue
  • 422 - Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court
  • 423 - Linden CTA-The Glen-Harlem CTA

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ Sulski, Jim (April 9, 1995). "New $3 million depot - Glenview station project means starting over". Chicago Tribune. 
  3. ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed March 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Stiefel, Lynne (November 10, 2009). "Amtrak move to North Glenview station seen". Pioneer Press. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 

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