Prairie View station
Prairie View is a station on Metra's North Central Service in the unincorporated area of Prairie View, Lake County, Illinois, near Buffalo Grove. The station is 34.4 miles (55.4 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Prairie View is in zone G. As of 2018, Prairie View is the 113th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 415 weekday boardings.[2]
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 A late night North Central Service train departs the Prairie View station in November 2016. | |||||||||||||
| Location | 2701 Main Street Prairie View, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.1981°N 87.9558°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | G | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 19, 1996[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 415 (average weekday)[2]  7% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 113 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||||
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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
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