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River Grove is a station on Metra's North Central Service and Milwaukee District West Line in River Grove, Illinois. The station is 11.4 miles (18.3 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the lines.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, River Grove is in zone C. As of 2018, River Grove is the 138th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 333 weekday boardings.[1]

River Grove
General information
Location	8421 Arnold Avenue River Grove, Illinois 60171
Coordinates	41.9310°N 87.8362°W / 41.9310; -87.8362
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1946
Passengers
2018	333 (average weekday)[1]  5.4%
Rank	138 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Belmont Avenue toward Antioch North Central Service Western Avenue toward Union Station Franklin Park toward Big Timber Road Milwaukee District West Elmwood Park toward Union Station
Former services Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Franklin Park towards Elgin Suburban Service West Line Elmwood Park towards Chicago

As of April 2022, on the Milwaukee District West Line, River Grove 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.

On the North Central Service, River Grove is served by five inbound trains and four outbound trains on weekdays only.

West of the station, the North Central Service diverges from the ex-Milwaukee Road's Chicago-Omaha-Kansas City mainline at the B-12 junction in Franklin Park, Illinois and proceeds north on the Canadian National Railway's Waukesha Subdivision, with the Milwaukee District West Line continuing to the west. Inbound North Central trains bypass the next six MD-West stations (not including the Mars station) east of River Grove, running nonstop to Western Avenue. The station is located across the tracks from Arnold Avenue on the corner of Illinois State Route 171, and is surrounded by the local St. Joseph's Cemetery. It is also located across from Elmwood Cemetery.

Bus connections

Pace

• "Route 319 – Grand Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
• "Route 331 – Cumberland/5th Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Metra North Central Service
• Metra – Stations – Metra Milwaukee District/West
• Station from Thatcher Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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