Prairie View station
Prairie View station is on Metra's North Central Service in the unincorporated area of Prairie View, Illinois, near Buffalo Grove. The station is 34.4 miles (55.4 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Prairie View is in zone G.[4] As of 2018, Prairie View is the 113th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 415 weekday boardings.[2][5]
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 Prairie View Metra station in June 2021. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 2701 Main Street Prairie View, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.1981°N 87.9558°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | G | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 19, 1996[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 415 (average weekday)[2]  7% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 113 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||||
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As of December 12, 2022, Prairie View is served by all 14 trains (seven in each direction) on weekdays.
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.
- "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". 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count" (PDF). 26 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Prairie View Metra Station Area". www.vbg.org. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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