# Braeside station > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Braeside_station > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Braeside_station.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braeside_station > Source revision: 1356011873 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Commuter rail station in Highland Park, Illinois This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Braeside station" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2021) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. 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General information Location 10 North Saint Johns Avenue Highland Park, Illinois 60035 Coordinates 42°09′10″N 87°46′21″W / 42.1528°N 87.7726°W / 42.1528; -87.7726 Owned by Metra Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections Pace Buses Green Bay Bike Trail Construction Accessible Yes, partial[note 1] Other information Fare zone 3 Passengers 2018 410 (average weekday)[1] 7.2% Rank 117 out of 236[1] Services Preceding station Metra Following station Ravinia Park (seasonal) toward Kenosha Union Pacific North Glencoe toward Ogilvie TC Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Ravinia toward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Glencoe toward Chicago Track layout Legend UPN north to Kenosha Green Bay Trail St. Johns Ave. Braeside Rd. Blackhawk Rd. County Line Rd. North Branch Trail UPN south to Ogilvie TC Location **Braeside** is a railroad station in [Highland Park, Illinois](/source/Highland_Park%2C_Illinois) serving [Metra](/source/Metra)'s [Union Pacific North Line](/source/Union_Pacific_North_Line), in the Braeside neighborhood of Highland Park. It is located at 10 North St. Johns Avenue, just off [Lake Cook Road](/source/Lake_Cook_Road). In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Braeside is located in Zone 3. As of 2018, Braeside is the 117th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 410 weekday boardings.[1] [Cook County Forest Preserves](/source/Cook_County_Forest_Preserves)' Turnbull Woods and William N. Erickson Preserve are adjacent to the station, and the [Chicago Botanic Garden](/source/Chicago_Botanic_Garden) is a mile away. Braeside Station has a warming hut on the inbound side of the track. The station is named after the nearby Braeside Elementary School, part of [North Shore School District 112](/source/North_Shore_School_District_112). The station consists of two platforms and a waiting room/warming hut, but does not contain a ticket agent booth or restroom facilities. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Trains go south to [Chicago](/source/Chicago)'s [Ogilvie Transportation Center](/source/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center), and as far north as [Kenosha, Wisconsin](/source/Kenosha%2C_Wisconsin). As of September 20, 2025, Braeside is served by 50 trains (26 inbound, 24 outbound) on weekdays, and by all 30 trains (15 in each direction) on weekends and holidays. ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Partial_1-0)** At partially accessible stations, customers using mobility devices can access and use trains; however, the stations may not have other accessibility features such as accessible bathrooms, Braille signage, visual display announcements, etc. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) ["Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF). *Metra*. April 2019. Archived from [the original](https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF) on May 26, 2019. ## External links - [Metra - Braeside station](https://web.archive.org/web/20100609050238/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.BRAESIDE.html) - [Station from County Line Road from Google Maps Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1523558,-87.7723884,3a,75y,324.31h,86.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9zbxub4lrld9eyh-UzSXlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en) v t e Metra stations BNSF Union Station Halsted Street Western Avenue Cicero Clyde (closed) LaVergne Berwyn Harlem Avenue Riverside Hollywood Brookfield Congress Park LaGrange Road Stone Avenue Western Springs Highlands Hinsdale West Hinsdale Clarendon Hills Westmont Fairview Avenue Main Street Belmont Lisle Naperville Route 59 Aurora Heritage Corridor Union Station Glenn (closed) Summit Willow Springs Lemont Romeoville 5th Street (closed) Lockport Joliet Metra Electric Millennium Station Van Buren Street Museum Campus 18th Street McCormick Place 27th Street 47th Street 51st/​53rd Street 55th/56th/57th Street 59th/​60th Street 63rd Street 75th Street 79th Street 83rd Street 87th Street 91st Street 95th Street 103rd Street 107th Street 111th Street 115th Street Riverdale Ivanhoe 147th Street Harvey Hazel Crest Calumet Homewood Flossmoor Olympia Fields 211th Street Matteson Richton Park University Park South Chicago Branch Stony Island Bryn Mawr South Shore 75th Street 79th Street 83rd Street 87th Street 91st Street (closed) 93rd Street Blue Island Branch State Street Stewart Ridge West Pullman Racine Avenue Ashland/​Calumet Park Burr Oak Blue Island Milwaukee District North Union Station Western Avenue Healy Grayland Mayfair Forest Glen Edgebrook Morton Grove Golf Glenview The Glen Northbrook Lake Cook Road Deerfield Lake Forest Libertyville Prairie Crossing Grayslake Round Lake Long Lake Ingleside Fox Lake Milwaukee District West Union Station Western Avenue Hermosa (closed) Grand/​Cicero Cragin (closed) Hanson Park Galewood Mars Mont Clare Elmwood Park River Grove Franklin Park Mannheim Bensenville Wood Dale Itasca Medinah Roselle Schaumburg Hanover Park Bartlett National Street Elgin Big Timber Road Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail Belvidere (future) Rockford (future) North Central Service Union Station Western Avenue River Grove Belmont Avenue Schiller Park Rosemont O'Hare Transfer Prospect Heights Wheeling Buffalo Grove Prairie View Vernon Hills Mundelein Prairie Crossing Washington Street Round Lake Beach Lake Villa Antioch Rock Island LaSalle 35th Street Auburn Park (closed; future) Gresham 95th Street 99th Street (closed) 103rd Street Blue Island/​Vermont Street Robbins Midlothian Oak Forest Tinley Park 80th Avenue Hickory Creek Mokena New Lenox Joliet Beverly Branch Brainerd 91st Street 95th Street 99th Street 103rd Street 107th Street 111th Street 115th Street 119th Street 123rd Street Prairie Street SouthWest Service Union Station Wrightwood Ashburn Oak Lawn Patriot Chicago Ridge Worth Palos Heights Palos Park 143rd Street 153rd Street 179th Street Laraway Road Manhattan Union Pacific North Ogilvie TC Clybourn Ravenswood Peterson/​Ridge Rogers Park Main Street Davis Street Central Street Wilmette Kenilworth Indian Hill Winnetka Hubbard Woods Glencoe Braeside Ravinia Park Ravinia Highland Park Highwood Fort Sheridan Lake Forest Lake Bluff Great Lakes North Chicago Abbott's Platform (closed) Waukegan Zion Winthrop Harbor Kenosha Union Pacific Northwest Ogilvie TC Clybourn Irving Park Jefferson Park Gladstone Park Norwood Park Edison Park Park Ridge Dee Road Des Plaines Cumberland Mount Prospect Arlington Heights Arlington Park Palatine Barrington Fox River Grove Cary Pingree Road Crystal Lake Woodstock Harvard McHenry Branch McHenry Union Pacific West Ogilvie TC Kedzie Oak Park River Forest Maywood Melrose Park Bellwood Berkeley Elmhurst Villa Park Lombard Glen Ellyn College Avenue Wheaton Winfield West Chicago Geneva La Fox Elburn Category Bold denotes downtown terminals Italics denote closed stations, future stations, and unused line segments. v t e Highland Park, Illinois Schools North Shore SD 112 Township HSD 113 Highland Park HS Landmarks Ben Rose House Willits House Transportation Braeside station Highland Park station Ravinia station Ravinia Park station People List This list is incomplete. 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