Glencoe station

This article is about the commuter station in Illinois. For the Via Rail station in Ontario, see Glencoe railway station.

Glencoe
Glencoe Metra Station
General information
Location	724 Green Bay Road Glencoe, Illinois 60022
Line(s)	Union Pacific North
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses Chicago Botanical Garden Trolley Green Bay Bike Trail
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	D
History
Opened	1891
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Template:Metra stations toward Template:Metra stations Template:Metra lines Template:Metra stations toward Template:Metra stations
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Glencoe, Illinois, USA
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1891
Architect	Charles Sumner Frost
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	91000569
Added to NRHP	May 16, 1991

Glencoe Station is a historic commuter railroad station along Metra's Union Pacific/North line in Glencoe, Illinois. It is officially located on 724 Green Bay Road, however it also runs parallel to Old Green Bay Road, both of which intersect with Park Avenue.

Like the Braeside Train Station, Glencoe is in close proximity to the Cook County Forest Preserves' Turnbull Woods, William N. Erickson Preserve, and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Unlike Braeside, Glencoe was built in a partial Romanesque-style for the Chicago and North Western Railway by architect Charles Sumner Frost in 1891. The Green Bay Bike Trail, and the local Veterans Memorial Park are also nearby.

Northbound trains go as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin, and southbound trains go as far as to Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center. The station, which reflects the influence of architectural innovator Henry Hobson Richardson, has been meticulously restored in recent years and in 1991 was determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Actual listing has not taken place because of objection by then owner, the Chicago and NorthWestern Transportation Company, which routinely opposes such listing of its properties.

Bus connections

Pace Buses

• #213 - Green Bay Road

Other

• Chicago Botanical Garden Trolley

External links

• Media related to Glencoe station at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra – Stations – Glencoe
• Chicago Botanical Gardens: Directions
• Station from Park Avenue from Google Maps Street View