Park Ridge station (Illinois)
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Park Ridge is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the city of Park Ridge, Illinois. It is officially located at 100 South Summit Avenue, and lies Script error: No such module "convert". from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Park Ridge is in zone 2. since 2018[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Park Ridge is the 33rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,168 weekday boardings.[2]
As of May 30, 2023, Park Ridge 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.
Parking is available on both sides of the tracks. On the north side, on-street parking can be found along Summit Avenue and Busse Highway, and a parking lot can be found on the southwest corner of Summit and Touhy Avenues. On the south side of the tracks, the parking areas are much further away from the station south of Main Street. Among these are street-side parking along Garden Avenue beginning halfway between Prospect and Fairview Avenues and halfway between Prairie Avenue and Third Street, one parking lot on the south side of Garden Avenue between Fairview and Prospect Avenues, street-side parking along Prairie Avenue north of Garden Street, which end at parking lots on both sides of Prairie Avenue, and another parking lot next to the one on the east side of Prairie along Fairview Avenue.
Unlike nearby Template:Stl, Park Ridge's main station provides bus connections for both Pace and CTA buses. Park Ridge serves as the northern terminus of CTA's Route 68 Northwest Highway.
Transportation
Buses
- 68 Northwest Highway
- 209 Busse Highway (weekdays only)
- 241 Greenwood/Talcott (weekday rush hours only)
- 290 Touhy Avenue
References
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- Metra stations in Illinois
- Park Ridge, Illinois
- Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1960
- Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois