{{short description|Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style=Metra | name={{Metra header|Edison Park | icon={{ric|Metra|upnw}}}} | type= | image=Edison Park station - January 2016.JPG | image_caption=Edison Park station in January 2016. The new depot is visible on the right. | address=6730 North Olmstead Avenue<br>[[Edison Park, Chicago]], [[Illinois]] 60631 | coordinates={{coord|42.0025|-87.8180|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line= | other={{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''[[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA Buses]]''' | structure= | platform=1 [[side platform]]<br>1 [[island platform]] | depth= | levels= | tracks=3 | parking=Yes (On-street, Vending) | bicycle= | passengers=752 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=8.4 | pass_rank=69 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened=1956 | closed= | rebuilt=2007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eddiesrailroad.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-metra-edison-park-commuter-rail.html|title=Eddie's Rail Fan Page: The NEW Metra Edison Park commuter rail station. Chicago Illinois USA. August 2007.|last=Eddie|date=13 September 2007|publisher=}}</ref> | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=Metra | zone=2 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/Northwest|left=Park Ridge|right=Norwood Park}} |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_collapsible=yes |other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line1=Wisconsin Division|left1=Park Ridge|right1=Norwood Park}} | mpassengers= | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= RP2!~MFADEg\v-STR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\RP2!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{BSsplit|{{rint|Chicago|UPNW}} northwest|to {{stl|Metra|Harvard}} or {{stl|Metra|McHenry}}}} RP2\SHI1+l\vSTR\RP2!~POINTERg@fq ~~ Olmsted Ave. RP2\PSTR(L)\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr RP2\PSTR(L)\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr POINTERg\PSTR(L)\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr ~~ Avondale Ave. \PSTR(L)\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr RP2q\SKRZ-G2BUE\vSKRZ-G2BUE\RP2xRP2 ~~ Oliphant Ave. \STR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf\RP2!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|UPNW}} southeast to {{stl|Metra|Ogilvie}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ffde02 | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Edison Park''' is a commuter rail station along [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific Northwest Line]] in the [[Edison Park, Chicago|Edison Park]] neighborhood of [[Chicago, Illinois]]. It is located at 6730 North Olmstead Avenue across from Monument Park, and lies {{convert|11.4|mi|km}} from [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupnw.html|title=RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION|publisher=}}</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Edison Park is in Zone 2. {{As of|2018}}, Edison Park is the 69th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 752 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>
As of May 30, 2023, Edison Park is served by 50 trains (25 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays.
Edison Park station is the northernmost station along the Union Pacific Northwest Line within Chicago's city limits. It contains both a station house along the tracks and an open shelter in between two of them. Parking is available (with vendors), but only along the tracks on North Olmstead Avenue between Ozark and Olympia Avenues.
==[[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA Bus]] Connections== * {{rint|chicago|bus|68}} Northwest Highway
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100414000200/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-nw/station.EDISONPK.html Metra - Edison Park Station] *[http://chicago.railfan.net/cgi/photos.pl/?show=at:Edison_Park_station Edison Park Station (Chicago Railfan.net)] *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0018078,-87.8171377,3a,75y,326.09h,82.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su0Erbh_bHsyfA6jvBSEbLA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Station from Oliphant Avenue from Google Maps Street View]
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