Park Ridge station (Illinois)

Park Ridge
General information
Location	100 South Summit Avenue Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Coordinates	42°00′37″N 87°49′54″W / 42.0102°N 87.8316°W / 42.0102; -87.8316
Owned by	City of Park Ridge
Platforms	1 Side platform 1 Island 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 toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Edison Park toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Des Plaines toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Jefferson Park toward Chicago Dee Road toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Edison Park toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard or McHenry Busse Hwy. Touhy Ave. Summit Ave. Main St. Vine Ave. Prospect Ave. UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie
Location

Park Ridge 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 100 South Summit Avenue, and lies 13.1 miles (21.1 km) from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[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 nearby Dee Road, Park Ridge's main station provides bus connections for both Pace and CTA buses. Park Ridge serves as the northern terminus of CTA's Route 68 Northwest Highway.