River Forest station

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River Forest
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River Forest station in September 2006.
General information
Location8001 West Central Street, River Forest, Illinois 60305
Coordinates 41°53′13″N87°49′30″W / 41.8870°N 87.8249°W / 41.8870; -87.8249
Owned byUnion Pacific
Platforms1 side platform (formerly 2)
1 island platform
Tracks3 (formerly 4)
Connections Pace
Construction
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1915;109 years ago (1915)
Passengers
2018448 (average weekday) [1] Increase2.svg 2.3%
Rank107 out of 236 [1]
Services
Preceding station Metramlogo.svg Metra Following station
Maywood
toward Elburn
Union Pacific West Oak Park
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Bellwood
toward Omaha
Main Line Oak Park
toward Chicago
Maywood
toward Geneva
Galena Division Lathrop Avenue
toward Chicago
Location
River Forest station

River Forest is a Metra commuter railroad station in River Forest, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, on the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 20 to 24 minutes. As of 2018, River Forest is the 107th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 448 weekday boardings. [1] Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north (side) platform and outbound trains use the south (island) platform.

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As of February 16, 2024, River Forest is served by 43 trains (21 inbound, 22 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

The station is at Central Avenue and Thatcher Avenue. The surrounding neighborhood is mostly characterized by single-family homes, baseball fields and tennis courts. Pace suburban buses stop one block to the north on Lake Street. To the east is an overpass that carries the Canadian National Railway's Waukesha Subdivision into Forest Park where the line rechristens itself to the CSX Altenheim Subdivision (B&OCT).

The station building was originally built in 1915[ citation needed ] by the Chicago and North Western Railway and is also the River Forest Park District headquarters.

The station has recently undergone renovations. The inbound platform was rebuilt along with the stairways.

Bus connections

Pace

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References

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