The Edison Park station in January 2016. The new depot is visible on the right.
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Location | 6730 North Olmstead Avenue Edison Park, Chicago, Illinois 60631 |
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Coordinates | 42°00′09″N 87°49′05″W / 42.0025°N 87.8180°WCoordinates: 42°00′09″N 87°49′05″W / 42.0025°N 87.8180°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 Side platform 1 Island platform |
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Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections | CTA Buses | ||||||||||
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Parking | Yes (On-street, Vending) | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | C | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1956 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2007 | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2014) | 646 (avg. weekday) | ||||||||||
Rank | 78 out of 236 | ||||||||||
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Edison Park is a commuter rail station along Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line in the Edison Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 6730 North Olmstead Avenue across from Monument Park, and lies 12.3 miles (19.8 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Edison Park is in Zone C.
Edison Park Station is the northernmost station along the UP-NW line within the Chicago City Limits. It contains both a station house along the tracks and an open shelter in between two of them. Parking is available (with vendors), but only along the tracks on North Olmstead Avenue between Ozark and Olympia Avenues.