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Lake Forest
One of two Lake Forest Metra Stations
General information
Location	691 North Western Avenue Lake Forest, IL
Coordinates	42°15′09″N 87°50′23″W / 42.2525°N 87.8396°W / 42.2525; -87.8396
Owned by	City of Lake Forest
Line(s)	Union Pacific North
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Bus Green Bay Bike Trail
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	F
History
Opened	1901
Services
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Lake Forest is a railroad station in Eastern Lake Forest, Illinois, United States served by Metra's Union Pacific / North Line. The station is located at 691 North Western Avenue, is 28.3 miles (45.5 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific/North Line, and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Forest is in zone F.

This station is sometimes referred to as East Lake Forest, to avoid confusion with the station of the same name on the Milwaukee District / North Line.

Parking is available along the east side of the tracks along McKinley Road between Woodland Road and north of Illinois Road, along the east side of the tracks along Western Avenue between Illinois Road and Vine Avenue, and at numerous lots near the station. As with many suburban Metra stations, Pace Buses serve commuters at the station. No connection to West Lake Forest is available, however.

The station was built in 1899 by the Chicago and North Western Railway to a design by architects Frost & Granger.

Transportation

Buses

Pace

• #625 Lake Forest Shuttle Bug

References

1. Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/North Line
2. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 301. ISBN 978-0471143895.

External links

• Metra (UP-N) - Lake Forest Station
• Station from Deerpath Road from Google Maps Street View

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