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. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as

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. Travel time to Ogilvie is 20 to 24 minutes. , River Forest is the 107th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 448 weekday boardings. Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north (side) platform and outbound trains use the south (island) platform. As of 2022, River Forest is served by 43 trains (21 inbound, 22 outbound) on weekdays, by all 10 trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by all nine trains 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.

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suburban buses stop one block to the north on Lake Street. To the east is an overpass that carries the

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's Waukesha Subdivision into Forest Park where the line rechristens itself to the CSX Altenheim Subdivision (

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). The station building was originally built in 1915 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

* 309 Lake Street * 313 St. Charles Road

References

External links

Metra - River ForestThatcher Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{River Forest, Illinois Metra stations in Illinois Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915 River Forest, Illinois Union Pacific West Line