Line(s) Union Pacific North Parking Yes Opened 1891 Added to NRHP 16 May 1991 Architect Charles Sumner Frost | Platforms 2 side platforms Disabled access Yes Phone +1 847-835-0047 Tracks 2 | |
 | ||
Location 724 Green Bay Road
Glencoe, Illinois 60022 Connections Pace Buses
Chicago Botanical Garden Trolley
Green Bay Bike Trail Address 724 Green Bay Rd., Glencoe, IL 60022, USA Similar Hubbard Woods station, Braeside, Winnetka station, Ravinia Park station, Ravinia station | ||
The kitchen session
Glencoe Station is a historic commuter railroad station along Metra's Union Pacific/North line in Glencoe, Illinois. It is officially located on 724 Green Bay Road, however it also runs parallel to Old Green Bay Road, both of which intersect with Park Avenue.
Contents
Like the Braeside Train Station, Glencoe is in close proximity to the Cook County Forest Preserves' Turnbull Woods, William N. Erickson Preserve, and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Unlike Braeside, Glencoe was built in a partial Romanesque-style for the Chicago and North Western Railway by architect Charles Sumner Frost in 1891. The Green Bay Bike Trail, and the local Veterans Memorial Park are also nearby.
Northbound trains go as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin, and southbound trains go as far as to Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center. The station, which reflects the influence of architectural innovator Henry Hobson Richardson, has been meticulously restored in recent years and in 1991 was determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Actual listing has not taken place because of objection by then owner, the Chicago and NorthWestern Transportation Company, which routinely opposes such listing of its properties.
Glencoe station 09
Bus connections
Pace Buses
Other