Wood Dale station
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". Wood Dale is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Wood Dale, Illinois. The station is Script error: No such module "convert". away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Wood Dale is in zone 3. As of 2018, Wood Dale is the 83rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 596 weekday boardings.[2]
As of February 15, 2024, Wood Dale is served by 42 trains (20 inbound, 22 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.
History
The station was opened in 1930.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Sixteen years later, the station was rebuilt.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1992, Metra funded a 149 space expansion of the commuter parking lot.[3] That same year, the station became part of the first Pace bus route to be subsidized by Metra.[4] In 2004, a man was struck and killed near the station while trying to take a shortcut to work.[5] In 2009, the city began construction of a new station as part of a larger transit-oriented development strategy. The new prairie style station was completed in 2012.[6][7]
Gallery
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The west entrance of the Wood Dale Metra station.
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The clock tower of the Wood Dale station.
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The south side entrance of the Wood Dale station.
References
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External links
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- Metra stations in Illinois
- Former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad stations
- Railway stations in DuPage County, Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1930