Lake Villa is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Lake Villa, Illinois. The station is 48.4 miles (77.9 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Villa is in zone J. As of 2018, Lake Villa is the 178th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 130 weekday boardings.[2]
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The Lake Villa station in February 2016. | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 129 Railroad Avenue Lake Villa, Illinois | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42.4175°N 88.0795°W / 42.4175; -88.0795 | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | J | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | July 26, 1886 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | August 19, 1996[1] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2018 | 130 (average weekday)[2] ![]() | ||||||||||||
Rank | 178 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||||
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The Lake Villa depot is a reconstruction of the original Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad depot from 1886. The depot was reconstructed in 1996.[4]
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