O'Hare Transfer station
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| Location | 10300 W. Zemke Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60666 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°59′42″N 87°52′50″W / 41.9950°N 87.8806°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Chicago | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  O'Hare International Airport Shuttle Bus and Airport Transit System Pace buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | D | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 19, 1996[1] | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 113 (average weekday)[2]  8.1% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 183 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||
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O'Hare Transfer is a commuter railroad station along Metra's North Central Service that serves Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The station is 18.6 miles (29.9 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[3] As of 2018, O'Hare Transfer is the 183rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 113 weekday boardings.[2] The station is located at the dead end of Zemke Boulevard east of Mannheim Road (US 12/US 45) outside the northeast corner of the inactive consolidated rental car/parking facility that is scheduled to open at the end of 2018.[needs update]
A free, on-demand shuttle bus connects the railroad station to the Airport Transit System people mover at an elevated boarding station in Economy Parking Lot E. Two Pace bus routes also stop curbside at the lower level of the ATS station. The free ride on the people mover provides a connection to all four of the airline terminals.
Owing to the weekday only operation and limited frequency offered by the North Central Service, the station is not currently a significant means of access for travelers to O'Hare. However, a single outbound North Central Service train operates weekday limited-stop service from Union Station to the O'Hare Transfer station with a scheduled 30-minute travel time. All trains are scheduled to stop at the inside (westernmost) platform, but occasionally an announcement will be made over the public address system that a train will be stopping on the outside (easternmost) platform.
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - North Central Service
External links
Media related to O'Hare Transfer station at Wikimedia Commons