O'Hare Transfer station

O'Hare Transfer
General information
Location	10300 W. Zemke Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60666
Coordinates	41°59′42″N 87°52′50″W / 41.9950°N 87.8806°W / 41.9950; -87.8806
Owned by	City of Chicago
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	ATS to O'Hare Airport Pace buses
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	August 19, 1996[1]
Passengers
2018	113 (average weekday)[2]  8.1%
Rank	183 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Prospect Heights toward Antioch North Central Service Rosemont toward Union Station Preceding station Airport Transit System Following station Terminal 5 toward Terminal 1 Airport Transit System Terminus
Track layout Legend NCS north to Antioch IL 72 (Higgins Rd.) O'Hare Transfer Multi Modal Facility (ATS ends) ATS south to Terminal 1 NCS south to Union Station
Location

O'Hare Transfer is a commuter railroad station along Metra's North Central Service that serves Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The station is 18.6 miles (29.9 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.^[3] As of 2018, O'Hare Transfer is the 183rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 113 weekday boardings.^[2] The station is located at the dead end of Zemke Boulevard east of Mannheim Road (US 12/US 45) outside the northeast corner of the airport's Multi-Modal Facility (rental car/parking lot).

The railroad station is connected to the Airport Transit System people mover at the O'Hare Multimodal Facility. Two Pace bus routes also stop curbside at the lower level of the ATS station. The free ride on the people mover provides a connection to all four of the airline terminals.

As of February 15, 2024, O'Hare Transfer is served by 12 trains (six in each direction) on weekdays.

Owing to the weekday only operation and limited frequency typically offered by the North Central Service, the station is not usually a significant means of access for travelers to O'Hare. All trains are scheduled to stop at the inside (westernmost) platform, but occasionally an announcement will be made over the public address system that a train will be stopping on the outside (easternmost) platform.

Metra offered an expanded schedule for the 2024 Democratic National Convention from August 12–30, 2024. On weekdays, in addition to regularly scheduled service, there were 15 hourly round trips between O'Hare Transfer and Union Station, with stops at River Grove and Western Avenue. On weekends, there were 16 hourly round trips serving the same stations, with no service north of O'Hare Transfer.^[4]