Dee Road station explained

Style:Metra
Dee Road
Address:881 North Dee Road
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Coordinates:42.0241°N -87.8562°W
Other: Pace Buses
Tracks:3
Parking:Yes
Passengers:594 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:15.3
Pass Rank:85 out of 236
Opened:1967
Rebuilt:June 1, 2006[1]
Accessible:yes
Owned:Metra
Zone:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. ffde02
Zoom:15

Dee Road 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 881 North Dee Road, and is 15.1miles from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Dee Road is in zone 2., Dee Road is the 85th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 594 weekday boardings.[3]

As of May 30, 2023, Dee Road is served by 50 trains (25 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.

The station was rebuilt in 2006 as a replacement for the former station on the opposite side of Dee Road, built by the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1967.

The smaller parking area between Dee Road and Rowe Avenue, where the old station used to be, was recommended by Metra, as well as parking at nearby . Bus connections are provided by Pace.

Bus connections

Pace

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071214002204/http://www.parkridge.us/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=91&F_CATEGORY_ID= City of Park Ridge Official News Article; "Dee Road Metra Station opens" (June 12, 2006)
  2. http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupnw.html Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific Northwest Line
  3. Web site: Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018. April 2019. Metra. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf. 26 May 2019.