{{short description|Commuter rail station in Buffalo Grove, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name=Buffalo Grove | icon={{ric|Metra|ncs}}}} | type = | image = Buffalo Grove Metra Station Tracks 2021-06-05.jpg | image_caption = Buffalo Grove station in June&nbsp;2021. | address = 825 Commerce Court<br />[[Buffalo Grove, Illinois]] | coordinates = {{coord|42.1685|-87.9414|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] [[Waukesha Subdivision]] | other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} [[Pace (transit)|Pace Buses]] | structure = | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | passengers = 695 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = 17.8 | pass_rank = 76 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = August&nbsp;19, 1996<ref>{{cite news |last1=Granger |first1=Bill |title=Commuter Trains Inch Back to Popularity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63071877/antioch-station-august-19-1996/ |accessdate=November 11, 2020 |work=The Daily Herald |date=August 19, 1996 |location=Chicago, Illinois |pages=1–7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = Metra | zone = 4 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=North Central|left=Prairie View|right=Wheeling}} | mpassengers = | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|NCS}} north to {{stl|Metra|Antioch}} RP4q\RP4q!~vBUE\RP4q ~~ Deerfield Pkwy. vSTR PLTl\vSTR\PLTr PLTl\vSTR\PLTr PLTl\vSTR\PLTr PLTl\vSTR\PLTr vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|NCS}} south to {{stl|Metra|Union Station}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #62319f | mapframe-marker = rail }}

'''Buffalo Grove station''' is on [[Metra]]'s [[North Central Service]] in [[Buffalo Grove, Illinois]]. The station is {{convert|32.0|mi|km}} away from [[Chicago Union Station]], the southern terminus of the line.<ref>[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmnc.html Metra Railfan Tips - North Central Service]</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Buffalo Grove is in zone 4. As of 2018, Buffalo Grove is the 76th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 695 weekday boardings. This makes it the most-trafficked station on the North Central Service.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}</ref>

As of February 15, 2024, Buffalo Grove is served by all 14 trains (seven in each direction) on weekdays.

The station contains a large parking lot off of Commerce Drive, which itself is a cul-de-sac off of Deerfield Parkway. The station is a part of the Sidney Mathias Transportation Center.

==Bus connections== '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]''' * 234 Wheeling/Des Plaines<ref>{{Pace web|234|Wheeling/Des Plaines}}</ref> * 272 Milwaukee Avenue North<ref>{{Pace web|272|Milwaukee Avenue North}}</ref> * 626 Skokie Valley Limited<ref>{{Pace web|626|Skokie Valley Limited}}</ref>

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== External links == {{Metra web|North Central|BUFFGROVE}}

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