{{short description|Commuter rail station in Palatine, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style=Metra | name={{Metra header|Palatine | icon={{ric|Metra|upnw}}}} | type= | image=Union Pacific Northwest through Palatine.jpg | image_caption=Palatine station in May&nbsp;2021. | address=137 West Wood Street<br> [[Palatine, Illinois]] | coordinates={{coord|42.1131|-88.0484|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line= | other= | structure= | platform=1 [[side platform]], 1 [[island platform]] | depth= | levels= | tracks=3 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=2,482 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=4.4 | pass_rank=7 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened= | closed= | rebuilt=September&nbsp;11, 1971<ref>{{cite news |title='Palatine Special' Will Greet New Train Station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-palatine-station-septe/149410597/ |access-date=June 15, 2024 |work=[[Chicago Times|The Chicago Daily Herald]] |date=September 10, 1971 |page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><!--Original year still unknown--><br> June&nbsp;25, 2001<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sotonoff |first1=Jamie |title=Ready for the Crush |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-palatine-station-june/149411037/ |access-date=June 15, 2024 |work=[[The Chicago Times|The Daily Herald]] |date=June 21, 2001 |pages=1, 14|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=Village of Palatine | zone=4 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/Northwest|left=Barrington|right=Arlington Park}} |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_collapsible=yes |other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line1=Wisconsin Division|left1=Barrington|right1=Arlington Park}} | mpassengers= | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= v-STR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{BSsplit|{{rint|Chicago|UPNW}} northwest|to {{stl|Metra|Harvard}} or {{stl|Metra|McHenry}}}} SHI1+l\vSTR \PSTR(L)\vSTR\PLTr \PSTR(L)\vSTR\PLTr \PSTR(L)\vSTR\PLTr RP2q\SKRZ-G2BUE\vSKRZ-G2BUE\RP2q ~~ Smith St. \PSTR(L)\vSTR\PLTr STR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|UPNW}} southeast to {{stl|Metra|Ogilvie}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ffde02 | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Palatine station''' is a commuter railroad station on [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific Northwest Line]] in the village of [[Palatine, Illinois]]. It is officially located at 137 West Wood Street, however there are parking lots for the station scattered within its vicinity, such as those on Smith Street, Colfax Street, Brockway Street, Slade Street, Railroad Avenue, and Palatine Road. Palatine is the outermost station on the UP-NW line to have three tracks, serviced by two platforms. Inbound trains are serviced by the north side platform nearest the station, with outbound and center track express trains serviced by the south island platform. The station is {{convert|26.8|mi|km}} from Ogilvie Transportation Center. Due to the Northwest Line's schedule, it is common to see an outbound train and an inbound train arriving at the same time, as Palatine is the halfway point between Ogilvie and Harvard. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Palatine is located in zone 4. {{As of|2018}}, Palatine is the seventh busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 2,482 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, Palatine is served by 69 trains (35 inbound, 34 outbound) on weekdays, by 33 trains (16 inbound, all 17 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.

On weekdays, one inbound train originates, and three outbound trains terminate, at Palatine.

==History== The original Palatine train station was a [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] structure, located between Plum Grove Road and Bothwell Street north of the tracks until 1971 when a station with an attached strip mall and restaurant was built across Smith Street from the present station. Today's station was built by DLK Civic Design, an architecture firm based in Chicago, in 2001. It contains a clock tower and an outdoor coffee shop/café, a pedestrian concourse, and decorative canopies, as well as concession facilities. The original station site has been replaced by a mixed condominium/business complex while the 1971&ndash;2001 site was razed to make way for a parking garage, an office building, and a new location for the Durty Nellie's restaurant and nightclub.

Until it was discontinued on February 8, 2010, [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] route 699 offered northbound service to northeast Palatine and southbound service to [[Harper College]], the [[Woodfield Mall]] area in [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]], [[Alexians|Alexian Brothers]] Medical Center, and Elk Crossing Shopping Center, the latter two in [[Elk Grove Village, Illinois|Elk Grove Village]].

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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Palatine (Metra)}} *[https://metrarail.com/maps-schedules/train-lines/UP-NW/stations/PALATINE Metra - Palatine Station] *[https://archive.today/20060311071354/http://www.dlkinc.com/project_pms.htm Palatine Metra Station (DLK Civic Design)] *[https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1130532,-88.0486271,3a,75y,89.86h,88.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEs_yc_uWtRJnfNGpa1pylA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Station from Smith Street from Google Maps Street View] {{Metra stations navbox}} {{Palatine, Illinois}}

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