Irving Park station (Metra)

Irving Park is a railroad station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is elevated on a solid-fill embankment which parallels the Kennedy Expressway. It is located adjacent to a station of the same name on the Blue Line. The station contains two side platforms; the southwest platform serves outbound trains, and the northeast platform serves inbound trains. A third express track runs through Irving Park but does not stop there. Irving Park is located in the B zone in Metra's zone-based fare system. As of 2018, Irving Park is the 110th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 439 weekday boardings.[1]

Irving Park
The Irving Park station in December 2015.
Location3931 North Avondale Avenue
Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois 60641
Coordinates41°57′09″N 87°43′48″W
Owned byMetra
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsChicago "L": Irving Park (Blue Line)
CTA Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneB
Passengers
2018439 (average weekday)[1]  0.9%
Rank110 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Jefferson Park
toward Harvard or McHenry
 Union Pacific / Northwest Clybourn
toward Ogilvie

Irving Park is 6.9 miles from Ogilvie Transportation Center and 56.2 miles away from Harvard.

Bus and rail connections

CTA Blue Line

CTA Buses

  • 53 Pulaski (Owl Service)
  • 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd
  • 80 Irving Park

References
  1. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.


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