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(Redirected from Kenilworth (Metra station)) Commuter rail station in Kenilworth, Illinois
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Kenilworth
General information
Location400 Richmond Road
Kenilworth, Illinois 60043
Coordinates42°05′11″N 87°43′00″W / 42.08644°N 87.71665°W / 42.08644; -87.71665
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Pace Buses
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1891
Passengers
2018501 (average weekday) Increase 0.2%
Rank98 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Indian Hilltoward Kenosha Union Pacific North Wilmettetoward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Indian Hilltoward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Wilmettetoward Chicago
Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station
at adjacent CNS&M station
Indian Hilltoward Milwaukee North Shore LineShore Line Route Wilmettetoward Roosevelt Road
Track layout
Legend
UP-N north to Kenosha
Green Bay Rd.
Green Bay Trail
Kenilworth Ave.
Richmond Rd.
Green Bay Trail
UP-N south to Ogilvie
Location

Kenilworth is a commuter railroad station in Kenilworth, Illinois, a small and affluent village in the North Shore area of Chicago. Metra's Union Pacific North Line trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Kenilworth is in zone 3. As of 2018, Kenilworth is the 98th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 501 weekday boardings.

The station is on Kenilworth Avenue between Green Bay Road and Richmond Road. Northbound trains stop on the west platform, and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Travel time to Ogilvie ranges from 28 minutes on express trains to 38 minutes on local trains. It is also across the street from the Kenilworth Village Hall, which has the Green Bay Trail in the front yard.

As of February 16, 2024, Kenilworth is served by 57 trains (29 inbound, 28 outbound) on weekdays, by 22 trains (11 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

The station was built in 1891 by the Chicago and North Western Railway to a design by architect Franklin Pierce Burnham of the firm Edbrooke and Burnham.

Bus connections

Pace

  • 213 Green Bay Road (Monday-Saturday only)

References

  1. ^ "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc,. p. 300. ISBN 978-0471143895.

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