| Style: | Metra | ||||||||||
| Address: | 8501 Lehigh Avenue Morton Grove, Illinois 60053 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 42.035°N -87.7852°W | ||||||||||
| Other: | Pace Bus | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 967 (average weekday) | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Pass Percent: | -0.2 | ||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 54 out of 236 | ||||||||||
| Opened: | 1892 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1976 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | True | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Metra | ||||||||||
| Zone: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Map State: | collapsed | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Morton Grove is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Morton Grove, Illinois. The station is located at 8501 Lehigh Ave., is 14.6miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line,[1] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Morton Grove is in zone 2. As of 2018, Morton Grove is the 54th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 967 weekday boardings.[2] Parking is available in front of the station, as well as along the side of sections Lehigh Avenue and Elm Street from Lehigh to the dead end at St. Paul Woods, part of the Cook County Forest Preserve. As of February 15, 2024, Morton Grove is served by 48 trains (25 inbound, 23 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.
Morton Grove station was originally built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1892. On July 25, 2023, the Village Board of Morton Grove approved a resolution allowing demolition and replacement of the 1976-built train station. The Village would provide $50,000 to the $2.5 million project, also partially funded by Metra. The demolition would be withheld until construction is completed on the new depot.[3]