Des Plaines (Metra station)

Des Plaines
Location	1501 Miner Street Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Des Plaines
Line(s)
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)
Rank	34 out of 236
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 the City of Des Plaines, Illinois. The station is officially located at 1501 Miner Street (US 14), and lies 16.7 miles (26.9 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. 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.

Pace Bus connections

• 208: Golf Road.
• 209: Busse Highway.
• 230: South Des Plaines.
• 234: Wheeling - Des Plaines.
• 250: Dempster Street.

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