Lake Villa station
Lake Villa is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Lake Villa, Illinois. The station is 48.4 miles (77.9 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Villa is in zone J. As of 2018, Lake Villa is the 178th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 130 weekday boardings.[2]
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 The Lake Villa station in February 2016. | |||||||||||||
| Location | 129 Railroad Avenue Lake Villa, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.4175°N 88.0795°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | J | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 26, 1886 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | August 19, 1996[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 130 (average weekday)[2]  12.2% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 178 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||||
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The Lake Villa depot is a reconstruction of the original Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad depot from 1886. The depot was reconstructed in 1996.[4]
References
- Granger, Bill (August 19, 1996). "Commuter Trains Inch Back to Popularity". The Daily Herald. Chicago, Illinois. p. 1-7. Retrieved November 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- Metra Railfan Tips - North Central Service
- History of Lake Villa, Illinois
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