Prairie View station explained
Prairie View station should not be confused with Prairie Crossing station.
| Style: | Metra |
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| Coordinates: | 42.1981°N -87.9558°W |
| Platform: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Passengers: | 415 (average weekday) |
| Pass Year: | 2018 |
| Pass Percent: | 7 |
| Pass Rank: | 113 out of 236 |
| Opened: | August 19, 1996[1] |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Owned: | Metra |
| Zone: | 4 |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Marker-Color: | - 62319f
| | Zoom: | 15 |
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Prairie View station is on Metra's North Central Service in the unincorporated area of Prairie View, Illinois, near Buffalo Grove. The station is 34.4miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Prairie View is in zone 4.[3] As of 2018, Prairie View is the 113th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 415 weekday boardings.[4] [5]
As of February 15, 2024, Prairie View is served by all 14 trains (seven in each direction) on weekdays.
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Notes and References
- News: Granger . Bill . Commuter Trains Inch Back to Popularity . November 11, 2020 . The Daily Herald . August 19, 1996 . Chicago, Illinois . 1-7. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: METRA RAILFAN TIPS . 1 August 2021 . 19 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119190050/http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmnc.html . 2010-01-19 .
- Web site: Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count . 1 August 2021 . 26 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf . 2019-05-26 .
- 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.
- Web site: Prairie View Metra Station Area . www.vbg.org . 2 August 2021 . en.
