Des Plaines station

{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Des Plaines, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{more sources|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox station | style=Metra | name={{Metra header|Des Plaines | icon={{ric|Metra|upnw}}}} | type= | image=Des Plaines Metra Station.jpg | image_caption= | address=1501 Miner Street ([[U.S. Route 14 in Illinois|US 14]])<br />[[Des Plaines, Illinois]] 60016 | coordinates={{coord|42.0410|-87.8866|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line= | other={{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace Buses]]''' | structure= | platform=1 [[side platform]]<br />1 [[island platform]] | depth= | levels= | tracks=3 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=1,209 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=5.9 | pass_rank=30 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened=1848 | closed= | rebuilt=1915, 1979 | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=City of Des Plaines | zone=3 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/Northwest|left=Cumberland|right=Dee Road |system2=Pace Pulse|line2=Dempster|left2=Oakton|right2=Dee}} |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_collapsible=yes |other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway |line1=Chicago-Minneapolis via Madison|left1=Barrington|right1=Park Ridge |line2=Wisconsin Division|left2=Cumberland|right2=Dee Road}} | mpassengers= | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= d\\dSTRg!~dMFADEg\dSTR!~dNULf+g!~dMFADEg\dSTRf!~dMFADEg\d\RP4!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Metra|UPNW}} {{BSsplit|northwest to| {{stl|Metra|Harvard}} or {{stl|Metra|McHenry}}}} POINTERf@lf\SHI1+l\vSTR\d\RP4~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Pace Pulse}} {{BSsplit|[[Pace Pulse|Pulse Dempster Line]]|''west to [[O'Hare Transfer station#Multi Modal Facility|O'Hare MMF]]''}} RP2sRP2!~CONTgq fuchsia\STRq fuchsia!~BUE-us\STRq fuchsia!~vSTR!~lBUE-us\dSTRq fuchsia!~dNULgq\RP4xRP2!~STR+r fuchsia~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|12}} EB/{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|45}} SB RP2\PSTR(L)\vSTR\dPLTr\RP4!~STRg fuchsia~~ ~~ ~~(Graceland Ave.) POINTERg@fq!~RP2\PSTR(L)\vSTR\dPLTr\RP4!~STR fuchsia~~Ellinwood St. RP2n!~RP3q!~CONTfaq fuchsia\RP3q!~STRq fuchsia!~BUE-us\RP3q!~STRq fuchsia!~vSTR!~lBUE-us\d!~RP3q!~dSTRq fuchsia!~dNULfq\RP4!~RP3q!~ABZg+r fuchsia~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|12}} WB/{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|45}} NB \PSTR(L)\vSTR\dPLTr\RP4!~STR fuchsia~~ ~~ ~~(Lee St.) \PSTR(L)\vSTR\dPLTr\RP4!~BHF fuchsia~~Des Plaines Metra RP2s!~RP2yRP4q\RP4q!~BUE-us\RP4q!~vSTR!~lBUE-us\dRP4q\RP2q!~RP4wRP4!~STR fuchsia~~Pearson St. POINTERg@fq!~RP2\PSTR(L)\vSTR\dPLTr\RP4!~STR fuchsia~~Ellinwood St. RP2\SHI1l\vSTR\d\RP4!~POINTERg@fq!~STR fuchsia~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|14}} (Miner St.) RP4nRP2\cRP4q\RP4q!~STR~L!~BUE-us\RP4q!~STR~R!~BUE-us\cRP4q\RP2q!~RP4xRP4!~STR fuchsia~~River Rd. c\\bvvSTR\c\RP4!~CONTf fuchsia~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|Pulse}} {{BSsplit|[[Pace Pulse|Pulse Dempster Line]]|''east to [[Davis Street/Evanston station|Davis Street]]''}} d\\dSTRg!~dMFADEf\dSTR!~dNULf+g!~dMFADEf\dSTRf!~dMFADEf\d\RP4!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Metra|UPNW}} southeast to {{stl|Metra|Ogilvie}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ffde02 | mapframe-marker = rail }} {{distinguish|text=[[Forest Park station]], a [[Chicago "L"]] station formerly known as Desplaines}} '''Des Plaines''' is one of two commuter railroad stations on [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific Northwest Line]] in [[Des Plaines, Illinois]]. The station is located at 1501 Miner Street ([[U.S. Route 14 in Illinois|US 14]]), and lies {{convert|16.7|mi|km}} from the [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupnw.html|title=RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Des Plaines is in zone 3. {{As of|2018}}, Des Plaines is the 30th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,209 weekday boardings.<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>

Parking is mostly available along the streets on either side of the tracks. Primarily this includes Miner Street between southeast of Perry Street and west of Des Plaines River Road. Other parking areas exist along Ellinwood Street between Pearson Street and Des Plaines River Road east of the [[Des Plaines Public Library]], a lot on Webford Avenue off of Graceland Avenue (southbound [[U.S. Route 12 in Illinois|US 12]] / [[U.S. Route 45 in Illinois|45]]), and on Prairie Avenue east of Pearson Street.

As of May 30, 2023, Des Plaines is served by 69 trains (34 inbound, 35 outbound) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.

On weekdays, four inbound trains originate, and five outbound trains terminate, at Des Plaines.

==Bus connections== '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]'''

* 208 Golf Road * 209 Busse Highway (weekdays only) * 226 Oakton Street (weekdays only) * 230 South Des Plaines (weekdays only) * 234 Wheeling/Des Plaines (weekdays only) * 250 Dempster Street * [[Pace Pulse|Pulse]] Dempster Line

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100107004455/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-nw/station.DESPLAINES.html Metra - Des Plaines Station] *Chicago Railfan.net: **[https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043601/http://chicago.railfan.net/cgi/photos.pl/?show=at:Des_Plaines_station Des Plaines Station] **[https://web.archive.org/web/20100705234212/http://chicago.railfan.net/cgi/photos.pl/?show=at:Des_Plaines Des Plaines Freight Sidings and Other Views] *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0403994,-87.885798,3a,75y,98.51h,86.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spYHMxd3ktyYaIgkIy5_LkA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Station from Pearson Street from Google Maps Street View] *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.04133,-87.8878292,3a,75y,131.5h,85.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sumN59Dw6mdGHhnLKZfLiQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Station from Lee Street from Google Maps Street View]

[[Category:Metra stations in Illinois|Des Plaines]] [[Category:Des Plaines, Illinois|Des Plaines Station]] [[Category:Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations]] [[Category:1915 establishments in Illinois]] [[Category:Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915]]