Glencoe station

This article is about the commuter station in Illinois. For other uses, see Glencoe station (disambiguation).

Glencoe Station is a historic commuter railroad station along Metra's Union Pacific North Line in Glencoe, Illinois. It is officially located on 724 Green Bay Road, however it also runs parallel to Old Green Bay Road, both of which intersect with Park Avenue. As of 2018, Glencoe is the 72nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 732 weekday boardings.

Glencoe
Glencoe station in 2012
General information
Location	724 Green Bay Road Glencoe, Illinois 60022
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Bus Chicago Botanical Garden Trolley Green Bay Bike Trail
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1891
Passengers
2018	732 (average weekday)  2.4%
Rank	72 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Braeside toward Kenosha Union Pacific North Hubbard Woods toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Braeside toward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Hubbard Woods toward Chicago Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station at adjacent CNS&M station Braeside toward Milwaukee North Shore Line Shore Line Route Hubbard Woods toward Roosevelt Road
Location

As of February 16, 2024, Glencoe is served by 57 trains (29 inbound, 28 outbound) on weekdays, by all 26 trains (13 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

Like the Braeside train station, Glencoe is in close proximity to the Cook County Forest Preserves' Turnbull Woods, William N. Erickson Preserve, and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Unlike Braeside, Glencoe was built in a partial Romanesque-style for the Chicago and North Western Railway by architect Charles Sumner Frost in 1891. The Green Bay Bike Trail, and the local Veterans Memorial Park are also nearby.

Northbound trains go as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin, and southbound trains go as far as Chicago’s Ogilvie Transportation Center. The station was considered for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, but this was not done after the Chicago and North Western Railway, which owned the property, objected.

Bus connections

Pace

• 213 Green Bay Road (Monday-Saturday only)

Other

• Chicago Botanical Garden Trolley

External links

• Media related to Glencoe station at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra – Stations – Glencoe
• Chicago Botanical Gardens: Directions
• Station from Park Avenue from Google Maps Street View