Braeside is a railroad station in
Highland Park, Illinois
Highland Park is a suburban city located in the southeastern part of Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,176. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located o ...
serving
Metra's
Union Pacific North Line, in the Braeside neighborhood of Highland Park. It is located at 10 North St. Johns Avenue, just off
Lake Cook Road
Lake Cook Road (alternatively referred to as County Line Road or Main Street in some areas) is a major east–west highway in Cook, Lake, McHenry, and Kane Counties in Illinois. For much of its length, it marks the border between Cook and La ...
. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Braeside is located in Zone E. As of 2018, Braeside is the 117th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 410 weekday boardings.
' Turnbull Woods and William N. Erickson Preserve are adjacent to the station, and the
Chicago Botanic Garden is a mile away. Braeside Station has a warming hut on the inbound side of the track.
The station is named after a nearby school.
The station consists of two platforms and a waiting room/warming hut, but does not contain a ticket agent booth or restroom facilities. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Trains go south to
Chicago’s
Ogilvie Transportation Center, and as far north as
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
As of 2022, Braeside is served by 23 inbound trains and 21 outbound trains on weekdays, by 11 trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by eight trains in each direction on Sundays.
Bus connections
Pace
Pace or paces may refer to:
Business
*Pace (transit), a bus operator in the suburbs of Chicago, US
* Pace Airlines, an American charter airline
*Pace Foods, a maker of a popular brand of salsa sold in North America, owned by Campbell Soup Compan ...
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628 Braeside Shuttle Bug 8
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629 Braeside Shuttle Bug 9
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640 Braeside Station/Commercial Avenue Shuttle Bug
References
External links
Metra - Braeside stationStation from County Line Road from Google Maps Street View
Metra stations in Illinois
Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Lake County, Illinois
Union Pacific North Line
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