Des Plaines station

Des Plaines
Location	1501 Miner Street Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Coordinates	42°02′28″N 87°53′12″W / 42.0410°N 87.8866°W / 42.0410; -87.8866Coordinates: 42°02′28″N 87°53′12″W / 42.0410°N 87.8866°W / 42.0410; -87.8866
Owned by	City of Des Plaines
Line(s)	Union Pacific Northwest
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	D
History
Opened	1915
Rebuilt	1979
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,221 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank	34 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Cumberland toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Dee Road toward Ogilvie

Des Plaines is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest line in Des Plaines, Illinois. The station is located at 1501 Miner Street (US 14), and lies 16.7 miles (26.9 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Des Plaines is in zone D.

Parking is mostly available along the streets on either side of the tracks. Primarily this includes Miner Street between southeast of Perry Street and west of Des Plaines River Road. Other parking areas exist along Ellinwood Street between Pearson Street and Des Plaines River Road east of the Des Plaines Public Library, a lot on Webford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue (Southbound US 12-45), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.

One train running outbound from Chicago each weekday terminates at Des Plaines.^[4]

Pace Bus connections

• 208 Golf Road
• 209 Busse Highway
• 226 Oakton Street
• 230 South Des Plaines
• 234 Wheeling/Des Plaines
• 250 Dempster Street

References

External links

• Metra - Des Plaines Station
• Chicago Railfan.net:
  • Des Plaines Station
  • Des Plaines Freight Sidings and Other Views
• Station from Pearson Street from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Lee Street from Google Maps Street View