Wilmette station

42°04′38″N 87°42′33″W / 42.0773°N 87.7092°W / 42.0773; -87.7092Owned byVillage of WilmettePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections Pace Buses
Green Bay Bike TrailConstructionAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone2HistoryOpened1871Rebuilt2001Passengers20181,653 (average weekday)^[1]  2.4%Rank18 out of 236^[1] Services

Preceding station	Metra			Following station
Kenilworth toward Kenosha		Union Pacific North		Evanston Central Street toward Ogilvie

Track layout
Legend UP-N north to Kenosha Lake Ave. Green Bay Rd. Green Bay Trail Central Ave. UP-N south to Ogilvie

Location

Wilmette is the name of a commuter railroad station in Wilmette, Illinois that is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. Trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. Travel time to Ogilvie is 31 minutes on local trains, and as little as 27 minutes on morning inbound trains and 22 minutes on one afternoon inbound train. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Wilmette is in zone 2. As of 2018, Wilmette was the 18th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,653 weekday boardings.^[1]

The station is located at Green Bay Road and Washington Avenue in Wilmette's central business district. It is also in close proximity to the Wilmette Village Hall. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. The closest CTA Purple Line station is Linden, about a mile away.

As of February 16, 2024, Wilmette 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.

History

The first railroad station in Wilmette opened in 1871 at a cost of $700 (equivalent to $17,803 in 2023). In 1875, it took 30 minutes to get to Chicago (about the same as now), and the fare was 11 cents (adult one-way tickets cost $3.05 in 2006)^[2] and $5.50 as of February 2018. The former station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.^[3][4]

The present Metra station in Wilmette opened in 2001.

Bus connections

Pace

• 213 Green Bay Road
• 421 Wilmette Avenue (weekday rush hours only)
• 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court (weekdays only)

References

External links

• Metra – Wilmette
• Station from Central Avenue from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Lake Avenue from Google Maps Street View