River Grove station

River Grove
River Grove station in September 2016.
General information
Location	8421 Arnold Avenue River Grove, Illinois 60171
Coordinates	41°55′52″N 87°50′10″W / 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
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
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
Track layout Legend MD-W west to Big Timber Road NCS north to Antioch Arnold St. IL 171 (Thatcher Ave.) MD-W NCS east to Union Station
Location

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 Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the lines.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, River Grove is in zone 2. As of 2018, River Grove is the 138th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 333 weekday boardings.^[1]

On the Milwaukee District West Line, as of February 15, 2024, River Grove is served by 41 trains (20 inbound, 21 outbound) on weekdays, by all 24 trains (12 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

On the North Central Service, as of February 15, 2024, River Grove is served by 12 trains (six in each direction) on weekdays.

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, 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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