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 Buffalo Grove station in June 2021. | |||||||||||
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| Location | 825 Commerce Court Buffalo Grove, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°10′07″N 87°56′29″W / 42.1685°N 87.9414°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Pace Buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | F | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 19, 1996[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 695 (average weekday)[2]  17.8% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 76 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||
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Buffalo Grove station is on Metra's North Central Service in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The station is 32.0 miles (51.5 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Buffalo Grove is in zone F. As of 2018, Buffalo Grove is the 76th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 695 weekday boardings. This makes it the most-trafficked station on the North Central Service.[2]
As of December 12, 2022, Buffalo Grove is served by all 14 trains (seven in each direction) on weekdays.
The station contains a large parking lot off of Commerce Drive, which itself is a cul-de-sac off of Deerfield Parkway. The station is a part of the Sidney Mathias Transportation Center.
Bus connections
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.
- 1 2 3 "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
- ↑ "Route 234 – Wheeling/Des Plaines". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
- ↑ "Route 272 – Milwaukee Avenue North". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
- ↑ "Route 626 – Skokie Valley Limited". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
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