- Wilmette (Metra)
Infobox Station
name=Wilmette
type=Metra regional rail
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address=722 Green Bay Rd.
Wilmette, IL
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line=Rail color box|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/North
other=Pace (transit)
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platform=2
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tracks=1
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opened=1871
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rebuilt=2001
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zone=C
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mpassengers=Wilmette is the name of a commuter railroad station in Wilmette,
Illinois , U.S. that is served byMetra 'sUnion Pacific/North Line . Trains go south toOgilvie Transportation Center and as far north asKenosha ,Wisconsin . Travel time to Ogilvie is 31 minutes on local trains, and as little as 27 minutes on morning inbound trains and 22 minutes on one afternoon inbound train. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Wilmette is in zone C.The station is located at Green Bay Road and Washington Avenue in Wilmette's
central business district . It is also in close proximity to the Wilmette Village Hall. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and Chicago-bound trains stop on the east platform. The closest CTA Purple Line station is Linden, about a mile away.History
The first railroad station in Wilmette opened in
1871 at a cost of $700. In1875 , it took 30 minutes to get to Chicago (about the same as now), and the fare was 11 cents (adult one-way tickets cost $3.05 in2006 ) (Cary, 2004). The former station has been on theNational Register of Historic Places since 1975. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Cook/state2.html Cook County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places] ] [ [http://www.wilmette.com/whpc/details/1139wilmette.htm Chicago and North-Western Passenger Depot (Wilmette Historic Preservation Commission)] ]The present Metra station in Wilmette opened in
2001 . As of2004 , it was the 29th busiest station in the Metra system (which had 240 stations at the time), with an average of more than 1,300 weekday boardings. (Cary, 2004).
=Pace Bus Connections=*
#213 Green Bay Road
*#421 Wilmette Avenue
*#422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court References
Primary sources
Cary, Joan. "Railroads retain their importance." "Chicago Tribune" 4 Feb. 2004: NS-24.
External links
* [http://www.metrarail.com/Sched/cnw_n/wilmette.shtml Metra - Wilmette]
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