Elmwood Park is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elmwood Park, Illinois. The station is 10.2 miles (16.4 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Elmwood Park is in zone C. As of 2018, Elmwood Park is the 124th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 388 weekday boardings.[1]

Elmwood Park
The Elmwood Park station in September 2016.
General information
Location	7600 West Grand Avenue Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707
Coordinates	41.9248°N 87.8148°W / 41.9248; -87.8148
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1916
Rebuilt	1956, 2001
Passengers
2018	388 (average weekday)[1]  4.2%
Rank	124 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station River Grove toward Big Timber Road Milwaukee District West Mont Clare toward Union Station      North Central Service does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station River Grove towards Elgin Suburban Service West Line Mont Clare towards Chicago

As of 2022, Elmwood Park is served by 14 trains in each direction on weekdays, by all 12 trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in each direction on Sundays.

Elmwood Park station consists of three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track has no platform, so stopping trains must use the outer tracks. Metra’s North Central Service trains use the tracks but do not stop. Just west of the station is the Grand Avenue railroad crossing, which is the longest grade crossing in the Chicago area. It is so long and at such an acute angle that drivers need to use extra caution when crossing the tracks. It is used by both Metra and Canadian Pacific Railway trains.

Elmwood Park has built a kiss-and-ride drop off station on Grand Avenue. This allows cars to pull into the driveway and quickly drop off others safely. This is part of their plan to reconstruct Grand Avenue.

Accident

The Grand Avenue railroad crossing just west of the station was the site of a collision on November 23, 2005, between North Central Service train #107 and several cars that were stuck in traffic on the crossing. Nobody was killed, but several people were injured. As a result of the accident, the maximum speed trains were allowed to travel through the area was reduced from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h), and the crossing was outfitted with additional warning signage.[3]

Bus connections

Pace

• "Route 307 – Harlem". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
• "Route 319 – Grand Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Elmwood Park station
• Station from 75th Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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