Lake Forest station (Milwaukee District)

Lake Forest is a railroad station in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States served by Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line. Platform 1 is where outbound trains board, and platform 2 is where inbound trains board. The station is located on 10205 North Waukegan Road (IL 43), and is 28.4 miles (45.7 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line,.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Forest is in zone F. As of 2018, Lake Forest is the 82nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 607 weekday boardings.[1]

Lake Forest
The Lake Forest station in October 2015, before the platforms were rebuilt.
Location	911 Telegraph Road Lake Forest, Illinois
Coordinates	42.2236°N 87.8747°W / 42.2236; -87.8747
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	F
Passengers
2018	607 (average weekday)[1]  10.8%
Rank	82 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Libertyville toward Fox Lake Milwaukee District / North Deerfield toward Union Station Rondout closed 1984 toward Fox Lake
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Rondout towards Milwaukee Chicago – Milwaukee Deerfield towards Chicago Rondout towards Walworth Suburban Service North Line

Another Lake Forest station exists along the Union Pacific/North Line east of this station. Therefore, this station can also be referred to as West Lake Forest station. No bus connections exist here, nor is there any connection to the East Lake Forest station. However parking is available along Telegraph Road along the west side of the tracks, and the station is accessible from North Waukegan Road through Settler's Square on the east side of the tracks.

On weekdays, the first scheduled outbound Metra train terminates at Lake Forest. On Saturdays, train #2617 terminates at this station. There is no crossover at Lake Forest, so trains must either run north to Rondout or south to Deerfield to switch to the southbound side. For this reason, many trains on weekdays terminate at Deerfield. Lake Forest is the northernmost station on the Milwaukee District / North Line to be located on the C&M Subdivision, and serves as an emergency stop for Amtrak Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service trains. Since 2010, Amtrak has had plans for its Hiawatha trains to stop at Lake Forest, but as of 2020 has yet to come to fruition. Metra has proposed the construction of crossovers at Lake Forest to make the station better suited to turning trains around.[3]