{{Short description|Commuter rail station in North Chicago, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{more sources|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox Station | style=Metra | name={{Metra header|Great Lakes | icon={{ric|Metra|upn}}}} | type= | image=Great Lakes Station - January 2019.jpg | image_caption=Great Lakes station in January&nbsp;2019. | address=3000 South [[Sheridan Road]], [[North Chicago, Illinois]] 60088 | coordinates={{coord|42.3070|-87.8464|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line= | other={{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace Bus]]''' | structure= | platform=2 [[side platform]]s | levels= | tracks=2 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=262 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=-10.6 | pass_system= | opened=1919 | closed= | rebuilt= | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=Metra | zone=4 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/North|left=North Chicago|right=Lake Bluff}} |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_collapsible=yes |other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line1=Milwaukee Division|left=North Chicago|right=Lake Bluff}} | mpassengers= | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vRP2!~MFADEg\vSTRgf!~MFADEg\fv-STR!~MFADEg\RP4!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|UPN}} north to {{stl|Metra|Kenosha}} POINTERf@fq\vRP2yRP4\vSTR\fv-STR\RP4eRP4\RP4+r ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rmri|up}} {{jctrdt|state=IL|IL|137}} (Bobby E. Thompson Expy.) RP4q!~MFADEgq\RP4n!~RP2s!~RP4q\hvSTR\RP4w!~fhv-STR\RP4q!~hRP4\RP4rf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rmri|left}} {{jctrdt|state=IL|IL|137}} (Buckley Rd.) RP2!~PLTl\vSTR\fv-STR!~PLTr\RP4!~POINTERg@fq ~~ ~~ [[Sheridan Road|Sheridan Rd.]] RP2!~PLTl\vSTR\fv-STR!~PLTr\RP4!~POINTERg@gq ~~ ~~ Robert McClory Bike Path RP2n!~POINTERg@f!~PLTl\vSTR\fv-STR!~PLTr\RP4 ~~ ~~ Ohio St. \vSTRgf!~MFADEf\fv-STR!~MFADEf\RP4!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|UPN}} south to {{stl|Metra|Ogilvie}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#0f5200 |zoom=15 }} |pass_rank=153 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> }}

The '''Great Lakes station''' is one of two commuter railroad stations in North Chicago, Illinois, served by [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific North Line]]. The station (officially located at 3000 South Sheridan Road) is {{convert|32.2|mi|km}} away from [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]], the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmupn.html| title=Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/North Line| website=Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site}}</ref> and also serves commuters who travel north to [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Great Lakes is in zone 4. As of 2018, Great Lakes is the 153rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 262 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=live}}</ref>

It is named for the Great Lakes Naval Training Base in the City of North Chicago.

As of September 20, 2025, Great Lakes is served by 51 trains (26 inbound, 25 outbound) on weekdays, and by all 30 trains (15 in each direction) on weekends and holidays.

Like [[North Chicago station]], Great Lakes serves as a stop for [[Naval Station Great Lakes]]. However, unlike North Chicago station, the Naval training center surrounds much of Great Lakes station, which is also located near the Shore Acres Country Club.

The connection to the Pace bus system has a boarding location near the main entrance to the naval station, it is also a location for taxi pick ups, and drop offs. Parking is available at the end of Ohio Avenue which leads from the southern terminus of the [[Illinois Route 137|Bobby E. Thompson Expressway]].

==Bus connections== '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]''' * 563 Great Lakes Naval Station

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100422234904/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.GRTLAKES.html Metra - Great Lakes Station] *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3076887,-87.8463942,3a,75y,212.19h,89.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snWhj0NGnnPtZ-Paukp2n_Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en entrance from Google Maps Street View]

{{Metra stations navbox}} [[Category:Metra stations in Illinois|Great Lakes]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1919]] [[Category:Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Lake County, Illinois]] [[Category:Union Pacific North Line]]

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