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Lake Cook Road (also known as Lake Cook) is a Metra station along the Milwaukee District North Line, situated on the border between Northbrook and Deerfield, Illinois. It is located at 601 Lake Cook Road, is 23.4 miles (37.7 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line,[2] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Cook Road is in zone E. As of 2018, Lake Cook Road is the 43rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,086 weekday boardings.[1] The station exists along a railroad line that originally served the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. It is the last stop outbound on the line inside Cook County. The station opened in January 1996 as an infill station.[3]

Lake Cook Road
General information
Location	601 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, Illinois
Coordinates	42.1518°N 87.8413°W / 42.1518; -87.8413
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	C&M Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Bus
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	E
History
Opened	1996
Passengers
2018	1,086 (average weekday)[1]  14.6%
Rank	43 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Deerfield toward Fox Lake Milwaukee District North Northbrook toward Union Station

As of 2022, Lake Cook Road is served by 15 inbound trains and all 19 outbound trains on weekdays, by all 10 trains in both directions on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in both directions on Sundays.

Unlike the historic Deerfield station, Lake Cook Road is somewhat more modern-looking. Despite classic features, it contains far more contemporary paint trim and a "Metra" sign over the front doorway, rather than anything from the old Milwaukee Road. Parking is available along the west side of the tracks through a frontage road along Lake Cook Road leading to the intersection of Deerlake Road. This is due to the railroad bridge over Lake Cook Road. The parking lot also contains a section strictly for Pace buses. The station is across the tracks from some shopping centers at the corner of Lake Cook Road and Waukegan Road and is in close proximity to Interstate 94 west of the IL 43 partial interchange.

Bus connections

Pace

• 626 Skokie - Buffalo Grove Limited[4]
• 627 Shuttle Bug 7 (service to Discover Financial Horizon Therapeutics offices)[5]
• 631 Shuttle Bug 1 (service to Discover and Wolters Kluwer offices)[6]
• 632 Shuttle Bug 2 (service to Baxter International headquarters and offices in Parkway North)[7]
• 633 Shuttle Bug 3 (service to Walgreens and Walgreens Boots Alliance offices)[8]
• 634 Shuttle Bug 4 (service to Walgreens and Oracle offices)[9]
• 635 Shuttle Bug 5 (service to Walgreens and Underwriter Laboratories offices)[10]

Routes 627, 631, 632, 633, 634 and 635 are currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Lake Cook Road station

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