Edison Park station
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 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 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°00′09″N 87°49′05″W / 42.0025°N 87.8180°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Side platform 1 Island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  CTA Buses | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes (On-street, Vending) | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 752 (average weekday)[2]  8.4% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 69 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||||
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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 11.4 miles (18.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Edison Park is in Zone C. As of 2018[update], Edison Park is the 69th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 752 weekday boardings.[2]
As of May 30, 2023, Edison Park is served by 50 trains (25 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.
Edison Park station is the northernmost station along the Union Pacific Northwest Line within Chicago's 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.
CTA Bus Connections
- 68 Northwest Highway
References
- ^ Eddie (13 September 2007). "Eddie's Rail Fan Page: The NEW Metra Edison Park commuter rail station. Chicago Illinois USA. August 2007".
- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ "RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION".
External links
- Metra - Edison Park Station
- Edison Park Station (Chicago Railfan.net)
- Station from Oliphant Avenue from Google Maps Street View
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