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Elmwood Park station

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Tracks
  
3

Parking
  
Yes

Connection
  
Pace

Opened
  
1916

Connections
  
Pace Buses

Disabled access
  
Yes

Platforms in use
  
2

Elmwood Park station

Location
  
7600 West Grand Avenue Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707

Line(s)
  
Milwaukee District West

Address
  
Elmwood Park, IL 60707, United States

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. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Elmwood Park is in zone C.

Elmwood Park station consists of three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track has no platform so Milwaukee District/West Line stopping trains must use the outer tracks. Metra 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's so long, 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-n-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.

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

Elmwood Park station Wikipedia