Park Ridge
General information
Location	100 South Summit Avenue Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Coordinates	42°00′37″N87°49′54″W / 42.0102°N 87.8316°W /42.0102; -87.8316
Owned by	City of Park Ridge
Platforms	1Side platform 1Island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Bus CTA Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1960
Passengers
2018	1,168 (average weekday)[1]  12%
Rank	33 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Dee Road towardHarvard orMcHenry Union Pacific Northwest Edison Park towardOgilvie TC
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Des Plaines towardMinneapolis Chicago –Minneapolis viaMadison Jefferson Park towardChicago Dee Road towardCrystal Lake Wisconsin Division Edison Park towardChicago
Track layout Legend UPNW northwest toHarvard orMcHenry Busse Hwy. Touhy Ave. Summit Ave. Main St. Vine Ave. Prospect Ave. UPNW southeast toOgilvie TC
Location

Park Ridge is one of two commuter railroad stations onMetra'sUnion Pacific Northwest Line in the city ofPark Ridge, Illinois. It is officially located at 100 South Summit Avenue, and lies 13.1 miles (21.1 km) from theOgilvie Transportation Center inChicago.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Park Ridge is in zone 2. As of 2018^[update], Park Ridge is the 33rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,168 weekday boardings.^[1]

As of May 30, 2023, Park Ridge 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.

Parking is available on both sides of the tracks. On the north side, on-street parking can be found along Summit Avenue and Busse Highway, and a parking lot can be found on the southwest corner of Summit and Touhy Avenues. On the south side of the tracks, the parking areas are much further away from the station south of Main Street. Among these are street-side parking along Garden Avenue beginning halfway between Prospect and Fairview Avenues and halfway between Prairie Avenue and Third Street, one parking lot on the south side of Garden Avenue between Fairview and Prospect Avenues, street-side parking along Prairie Avenue north of Garden Street, which end at parking lots on both sides of Prairie Avenue, and another parking lot next to the one on the east side of Prairie along Fairview Avenue.

Unlike nearbyDee Road, Park Ridge's main station provides bus connections for bothPace andCTA buses. Park Ridge serves as the northern terminus of CTA's Route 68 Northwest Highway.

Buses

CTA

• 68 Northwest Highway

Pace

• 209 Busse Highway (weekdays only)
• 241 Greenwood/Talcott (weekday rush hours only)
• 290 Touhy Avenue

• Metra – Stations – Park Ridge
• Outbound Metra Train at Park Ridge Station (Metra Railfan Photos)
• Station from Prospect Avenue from Google Maps Street View

• Metra stations in Illinois
• Park Ridge, Illinois
• Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1960
• Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois

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