Rogers Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. It is located at 7000 North Ravenswood Avenue, between West Greenleaf Avenue and West Lunt Avenue. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Rogers Park is in zone 2. As of 2018, Rogers Park is the 26th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,393 weekday boardings.[1] The neighborhood that surrounds the station is residential, with single-family houses and small apartment buildings, but just a block to the east is Clark Street, a major north–south artery with buses and shopping.
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 Rogers Park station from the Kenosha-bound platform. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 7000 North Ravenswood Avenue Rogers Park, Chicago, Illinois 60626 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°00′33″N 87°40′32″W / 42.0093°N 87.6755°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  CTA Buses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1890[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,393 (average weekday)[1]  0.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 26 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station has two side platforms, and although it does not contain a ticket agent booth, a small heated waiting room is available on the Lunt side between 5:00 AM – 11:00 AM. This line retains the "left-hand main" policy of the original builder, the Chicago and North Western Railway: northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform.
Rogers Park is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line trains, traveling between Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and points as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. Travel time to Ogilvie is usually 20 minutes, but can be as fast as 15 minutes on a rush hour express train and as slow as 23 minutes during overcrowding.
As of February 16, 2024, Rogers Park is served by all 70 trains (35 in each direction) on weekdays, by 22 trains (11 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. During the summer concert season, the extra weekend train to Ravinia Park also stops here.
The closest CTA Red Line station is Morse, located five blocks to the east of Rogers Park station.
Bus connections
edit- 22 Clark (Owl Service)
- 96 Lunt (Weekdays only)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
External links
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Media related to Rogers Park station at Wikimedia Commons- Metra – Stations – Rogers Park
- Lunt Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Greenleaf Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
