Des Plaines (Metra station)
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| Location | 1501 Miner Street Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 |
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| Coordinates | 42°02′28″N 87°53′12″W / 42.0410°N 87.8866°WCoordinates: 42°02′28″N 87°53′12″W / 42.0410°N 87.8866°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Des Plaines | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform 1 island platform |
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| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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 Pace Buses
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | D | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1979 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2014) | 1,221 (avg. weekday) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 34 out of 236 | ||||||||||
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Des Plaines is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest line in Des Plaines, Illinois. The station is located at 1501 Miner Street (US 14), and lies 16.7 miles (26.9 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Des Plaines is in zone D.
Parking is mostly available along the streets on either side of the tracks. Primarily this includes Miner Street between southeast of Perry Street and west of Des Plaines River Road. Other parking areas exist along Ellinwood Street between Pearson Street and Des Plaines River Road east of the Des Plaines Public Library, a lot on Webford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue (Southbound US 12-45), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.
One train running outbound from Chicago each weekday terminates at Des Plaines.
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