Park Ridge station (Illinois)

Park Ridge
Location	100 South Summit Avenue Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Park Ridge
Line(s)
Platforms	1 Side platform 1 Island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Bus CTA Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1960
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	954 (avg. weekday)
Rank	54 out of 236
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Dee Road toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Edison Park toward Ogilvie

Park Ridge is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest line in the City of Park Ridge, Illinois. It is officially located at 100 South Summit Avenue, and lies 13.1 miles (21.1 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Park Ridge is in zone C.

Parking is available on both sides of the tracks. On the north side, on-street parking can be found along Summit Avenue and Busse Highway, and a parking lot can be found on the southwest corner of Summit and Touhy Avenues. On the south side of the tracks, the parking areas are much further away from the station south of Main Street. Among these are street-side parking along Garden Avenue beginning halfway between Prospect and Fairview Avenues and halfway between Prairie Avenue and Third Street, one parking lot on the south side of Garden Avenue between Fairview and Prospect Avenues, street-side parking along Prairie Avenue north of Garden Street, which end at parking lots on both sides of Prairie Avenue, and another parking lot next to the one on the east side of Prairie that's along Fairview Avenue.

Unlike nearby Dee Road, Park Ridge's main station provides bus connections for both Pace and Chicago Transit Authority Buses. Park Ridge serves as the northern terminus of CTA's Route 68-Northwest Highway bus.

Transportation

Buses

CTA Buses

• 68: Northwest Highway

Pace Buses

• 209: Busse Highway.
• 241: Greenwood-Talcott.
• 290: Touhy Avenue.

External links

• Metra – Stations – Park Ridge

• Outbound Metra Train at Park Ridge Station (Metra Railfan Photos)
• Station from Prospect Avenue from Google Maps Street View