Glenview station

Not to be confused with Naval Air Station Glenview.

Glenview
File:Glenview Railroad Station.jpg
Location	1116 Depot Street Glenview, Illinois 60025 United States
Coordinates
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	Metra/Soo Line (CP)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes; free after 10
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GLN
Fare zone	D (Metra)
History
Opened	March 1995
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	58,882  10.6% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Milwaukee toward Seattle or Portland, OR Empire Builder Chicago Terminus Sturtevant toward Milwaukee Hiawatha Service Metra North Glenview toward Fox Lake Milwaukee District North Golf toward Chicago Union Station

Glenview station (Amtrak station code GLN) is a stop for both Metra commuter rail and Amtrak in Glenview, Illinois, United States, north of Chicago. The facility opened in March 1995 as a replacement for a since-demolished 1950s era station. The new station, designed by Legat Architects of Waukegan, cost approximately $3 million and was funded from a number of sources, including Metra, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Amtrak and the village of Glenview.

Overview

On Metra, the station is located on the Milwaukee District North Line that runs between Chicago Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. On Amtrak, the station is located on two lines, the Hiawatha that runs between Chicago Union Station and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Empire Builder that operates between Chicago, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. It also served the short-lived Lake Country Limited which ran between Chicago and Janesville, Wisconsin between April 15, 2000, and September 23, 2001. Frequent, daily service is provided on both the Milwaukee District North Line and the Hiawatha, while the Empire Builder provides once-a-day service. Passengers traveling between Glenview and Chicago or Glenview and Milwaukee are not permitted to board or disembark on the Empire Builder at Glenview, due to the availability of the more frequent Metra service.

It is proposed that the Amtrak service would shift one stop north to North Glenview. This move would eliminate lengthy stops which block traffic on Glenview Road. This move would involve reconstruction of the North Glenview station to handle the additional traffic, and depends on commitments from Glenview, the Illinois General Assembly and Metra.

The station is used as a location in the 2011 film Source Code, disguised as "Glenbrook" station.

Bus connections

Pace

• 210 - Lincoln Avenue
• 422 - Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court
• 423 - Linden CTA-The Glen-Harlem CTA

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Glenview, IL
• Metra – Stations – Glenview station

• Glenview Amtrak & Metra Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Glenview Chamber of Commerce Station Image
• Station from Glenview Road from Google Maps Street View
• Glenview (GLN)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

• Great American Stations. Accessed March 21, 2013.