Glenview station

Glenview
Location 1116 Depot Street
Glenview, Illinois 60025
United States
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
Owned by Metra
Line(s) Metra/Soo Line (CP)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
Parking Yes; free after 10
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GLN
Fare zone D (Metra)
History
Opened March 1995
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 58,141[1] Decrease 1.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Empire Builder
Terminus
toward Milwaukee
Hiawatha Service
Metra
toward Fox Lake
Milwaukee District North

Glenview is an Metra commuter rail and Amtrak intercity rail station 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 Milwaukee District North Line and the Hiawatha, while the 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 the more frequent Metra 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]


Bus connections

Pace

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  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. Archived from the original on November 14, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
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