Edison Park station

42°00′09″N 87°49′05″W / 42.0025°N 87.8180°W / 42.0025; -87.8180Owned byMetraPlatforms1 Side platform
1 Island platformTracks3Connections CTA BusesConstructionParkingYes (On-street, Vending)AccessibleYesOther informationFare zone2HistoryOpened1956Rebuilt2007^[1]Passengers2018752 (average weekday)^[2]  8.4%Rank69 out of 236^[2] Services

Preceding station	Metra			Following station
Park Ridge toward Harvard or McHenry		Union Pacific Northwest		Norwood Park toward Ogilvie

Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Park Ridge toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Norwood Park toward Chicago

Track layout
Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard or McHenry Olmsted Ave. Avondale Ave. Oliphant Ave. UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie

Location

Edison Park is a commuter rail station along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the Edison Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 6730 North Olmstead Avenue across from Monument Park, and lies 11.4 miles (18.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Edison Park is in Zone 2. As of 2018^[update], Edison Park is the 69th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 752 weekday boardings.^[2]

As of May 30, 2023, Edison Park is served by 50 trains (25 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.

Edison Park station is the northernmost station along the Union Pacific Northwest Line within Chicago's city limits. It contains both a station house along the tracks and an open shelter in between two of them. Parking is available (with vendors), but only along the tracks on North Olmstead Avenue between Ozark and Olympia Avenues.

CTA Bus Connections

• 68 Northwest Highway

References

External links

• Metra - Edison Park Station
• Edison Park Station (Chicago Railfan.net)
• Station from Oliphant Avenue from Google Maps Street View