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Seasonal rail station in Highland Park, Illinois Not to be confused with Ravinia station.
Ravinia Park
Ravinia Park station in October 2015.
General information
LocationRavinia Festival
Highland Park, Illinois 60035
Coordinates42°09′29″N 87°46′38″W / 42.1581°N 87.7771°W / 42.1581; -87.7771
Owned byMetra
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
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Fare zone3
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Preceding station Metra Following station
Raviniatoward Kenosha Union Pacific North Braesidetoward Ogilvie
Track layout
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UP-N north to Kenosha
Green Bay Trail
Ravinia Park Rd.
UP-N south to Ogilvie
Location

Ravinia Park is a seasonal station on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in Highland Park, Illinois. The station serves the Ravinia Festival, and trains only stop at the Ravinia Park station during concert season. Ravinia Park is 20.9 miles (33.6 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Ravinia Park is located in zone 3. Metra also honors dated concert e-tickets as a train fare to Ravinia on concert days. Ravinia Park has two side platforms which serve two tracks. Ravinia Park is the only seasonal station in the Metra system.

As of February 16, 2024, during the summer concert season, Ravinia Park is served by 15 trains (seven inbound, eight outbound) on weekdays, by 12 trains (four inbound, eight outbound) on Saturdays, and by 11 trains (four inbound, seven outbound) on Sundays and holidays.

During events on weekends, an extra outbound train RAV-1 departs Ogilvie Transportation Center, makes all stops to Evanston Central Street, then runs express to Ravinia Park, where it terminates at 6:25 P.M. An inbound train returns to Chicago after the event ends.

The Ravinia Park station was temporarily closed in 2020 due to the cancellation of all concerts for the Ravinia Festival in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service to Ravinia Park resumed in the summer of 2021.

The station in 2008, when Ravinia Park station still had the old wooden platforms.

References

  1. Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/North Line
  2. "Alternate Schedules | Metra". metrarail.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

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