Des Plaines is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in Des Plaines, Illinois. The station is located at 1501 Miner Street (US 14), and lies 16.7 miles (26.9 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Des Plaines is in zone D. As of 2018^[update], Des Plaines is the 30th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,209 weekday boardings.[1]

Des Plaines
General information
Location	1501 Miner Street (US 14) Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Coordinates	42.0410°N 87.8866°W / 42.0410; -87.8866
Owned by	City of Des Plaines
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	D
History
Opened	1848
Rebuilt	1915, 1979
Passengers
2018	1,209 (average weekday)[1]  5.9%
Rank	30 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Cumberland toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Dee Road toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Barrington toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Park Ridge toward Chicago Cumberland toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Dee Road toward Chicago

Parking is mostly available along the streets on either side of the tracks. Primarily this includes Miner Street between southeast of Perry Street and west of Des Plaines River Road. Other parking areas exist along Ellinwood Street between Pearson Street and Des Plaines River Road east of the Des Plaines Public Library, a lot on Webford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue (southbound US 12 / 45), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.

As of April 25, 2022, Des Plaines is served by 29 inbound trains and 30 outbound trains on weekdays, by 16 inbound trains and 15 outbound trains on Saturdays, and by nine inbound trains and 10 outbound trains on Sundays.

On weekdays, two trains running outbound from Chicago terminate at Des Plaines, followed by two inbound trains originating from Des Plaines.

Bus connections

Pace

• 208 Golf Road
• 209 Busse Highway (weekdays only)
• 226 Oakton Street (weekdays only)
• 230 South Des Plaines (weekdays only)
• 234 Wheeling/Des Plaines (weekdays only)
• 250 Dempster Street
• 619 Des Plaines Station/Willow Rd. Corridor (weekday rush hours only)

References

External links

• Metra - Des Plaines Station
• Chicago Railfan.net:
  • Des Plaines Station
  • Des Plaines Freight Sidings and Other Views
• Station from Pearson Street from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Lee Street from Google Maps Street View

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