Palatine (Metra)
As of May 30, 2023, Palatine is served by 69 trains (35 inbound, 34 outbound) on weekdays, by 33 trains (16 inbound, all 17 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.
On weekdays, one inbound train originates, and three outbound trains terminate, at Palatine.
History
The original Palatine train station was a Chicago and North Western Railway structure, located between Plum Grove Road and Bothwell Street north of the tracks until 1971 when a station with an attached strip mall and restaurant was built across Smith Street from the present station. Today's station was built by DLK Civic Design, an architecture firm based in Chicago, in 2001. It contains a clock tower and an outdoor coffee shop/café, a pedestrian concourse, and decorative canopies, as well as concession facilities. The original station site has been replaced by a mixed condominium/business complex while the 1971–2001 site was razed to make way for a parking garage, an office building, and a new location for the Durty Nellie's restaurant and nightclub.
Until it was discontinued on February 8, 2010, Pace route 699 offered northbound service to northeast Palatine and southbound service to Harper College, the Woodfield Mall area in Schaumburg, Alexian Brothers Medical Center, and Elk Crossing Shopping Center, the latter two in Elk Grove Village.
References
- ^ "'Palatine Special' Will Greet New Train Station". The Chicago Daily Herald. September 10, 1971. p. 2. Retrieved June 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sotonoff, Jamie (June 21, 2001). "Ready for the Crush". The Daily Herald. pp. 1, 14. Retrieved June 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
External links
- Media related to Palatine (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metra - Palatine Station
- Palatine Metra Station (DLK Civic Design)
- Station from Smith Street from Google Maps Street View