Ravenswood station

41°58′06″N 87°40′27″W / 41.9684°N 87.6743°W / 41.9684; -87.6743Owned byMetraPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConnectionsChicago "L": Damen (Brown Line)
CTA BusesConstructionAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone2HistoryRebuilt1970, 2012–2023Passengers20182,630 (average weekday)^[1]  3.3%Rank3 out of 236^[1] Services

Preceding station	Metra			Following station
Rogers Park toward Kenosha		Union Pacific North		Clybourn toward Ogilvie

Future services
Preceding station Metra Following station Peterson/Ridge Under construction toward Kenosha Union Pacific North Clybourn toward Ogilvie

Track layout
Legend UP-N north to Kenosha Lawrence Ave. Ravenswood Ave. Leland Ave. to Damen ■ UP-N south to Ogilvie

Location

Ravenswood is a railroad station on the North Side of Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is located at 4800 North Ravenswood Avenue, just south of West Lawrence Avenue. A previous Ravenswood station was located at Wilson Avenue, but was replaced with the station at the current location,^[2] opposite the Chicago and North Western Railway's Ravenswood Accounting Office & Carload Tracing Bureau, which were housed in a building at 4801 North Ravenswood Avenue.^{[citation needed]} In Metra's zone-based fare system, Ravenswood is in zone 2. As of 2018, Ravenswood is the third busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 2,630 weekday boardings.^[1] Ravenswood station is near the eastern edge of the Chicago neighborhood also known as Ravenswood and the western edge of Uptown.

The station consists of two side platforms, and does not contain a ticket agent booth. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is the busiest station on the UP North Line and was rebuilt starting in the fall of 2010 as part of a project that included replacing 12 bridges along this line.^[3] The new station was expected to be completed by May 2014,^[4] but was completed in 2023.

The Lawrence Avenue entrance to the east platform opened on August 1, 2023, making the station accessible. The station was formally dedicated on October 3, 2023.

As of February 16, 2024, Ravenswood is served by all 70 trains (35 in each direction) on weekdays, by 24 trains (12 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. During the summer concert season, the extra weekend train to Ravinia Park also stops here.

The Damen 'L' station on CTA's Brown Line is three blocks to the west, while the closest Red Line station is Lawrence, located about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east of Ravenswood station.

Bus and rail connections

CTA Brown Line

• Damen

CTA

• 81 Lawrence (Owl Service)

References

External links

• Media related to Ravenswood (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra - Ravenswood station
• Lawrence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View