Lake Bluff station

Lake Bluff
Lake Bluff Metra station exterior shot along the North Shore's historic Union Pacific North Line in Lake Bluff, September 1, 2010.
General information
Location	600 North Sheridan Road Lake Bluff, Illinois
Coordinates	42°16′47″N 87°50′47″W / 42.2797°N 87.8465°W / 42.2797; -87.8465
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1904
Passengers
2018	647 (average weekday)[1]  5%
Rank	80 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Great Lakes toward Kenosha Union Pacific North Lake Forest toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Great Lakes toward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Lake Forest toward Chicago Preceding station Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Following station at adjacent CNS&M station Great Lakes toward Milwaukee North Shore Line Shore Line Route Lake Forest toward Roosevelt Road Libertyville toward Mundelein North Shore Line Mundelein Route Terminus
Track layout Legend UP-N north to Kenosha Robert McClory Bike Path Sheridan Rd. Rockland Rd. North Shore Bike Path UP Lake Subdivision UP-N south to Ogilvie
Location

Lake Bluff is a railroad station in the village of Lake Bluff, Illinois, on Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is officially located at 600 North Sheridan Road, is 30.2 miles (48.6 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line,^[2] and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Bluff is in zone 4. As of 2018, Lake Bluff is the 80th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 647 weekday boardings.^[1]

As of February 16, 2024, Lake Bluff is served by 46 trains (23 in each direction) on weekdays, by all 26 trains (13 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

The current station was built in 1904, and previously served the Chicago and North Western Railway before it was bought out by Union Pacific Railroad in 1995. Parking is available in front of the station on North Sheridan Road from the intersection of Scranton Avenue, and on Mawman Avenue off the southeast corner of Rockland Road. It was included in the National Register of Historic Places listing for the Lake Bluff Uptown Commercial Historic District in 2006.

The station was staffed until 2016.^[3]

The Union Pacific Lakes Sub parallels the station's trackage and connects with the line north of the station. It follows the line to a curve north of the Waukegan station, where the line ends. Union Pacific has a railyard in Waukegan that services Metra trains as well as their own.