# Winnetka station

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Commuter rail station in Winnetka, Illinois

For the bus rapid transit station in Los Angeles, California, signed as "Pierce College/Winnetka", see [Pierce College station](/source/Pierce_College_station).

Winnetka Winnetka Metra station General information Location 754 Elm Street Winnetka, Illinois 60093 Coordinates 42°06′19″N 87°43′58″W / 42.1052°N 87.7329°W / 42.1052; -87.7329 Owned by Village of Winnetka Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections Pace Buses Green Bay Bike Trail Construction Structure type Open cut Accessible Yes Other information Fare zone 3 History Rebuilt 1940 Passengers 2018 754 (average weekday)[1] 2.3% Rank 68 out of 236[1] Services Preceding station Metra Following station Hubbard Woods toward Kenosha Union Pacific North Indian Hill toward Ogilvie TC Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Highland Park toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Milwaukee Evanston toward Chicago Hubbard Woods toward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Indian Hill toward Chicago Track layout Legend UPN north to Kenosha Lincoln Ave. Elm St. Green Bay Rd. Green Bay Rd. Oak St. Green Bay Trail UPN south to Ogilvie TC Location

**Winnetka** is a station on [Metra](/source/Metra)'s [Union Pacific North Line](/source/Union_Pacific_North_Line) in [Winnetka, Illinois](/source/Winnetka%2C_Illinois). Winnetka station, located at 754 Elm Street in Winnetka, is 16.6 miles (26.7 km) away from [Ogilvie Transportation Center](/source/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center), the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare structure, Winnetka is in zone 3. As of 2018, Winnetka is the 68th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 754 weekday boardings.[1]

Winnetka station is located in a below-grade trench. The platforms are accessible via stairs from Elm and Oak Streets and a passenger bridge. An elevator for accessibility is also located on the passenger bridge. The station consists of two side platforms which serve two tracks. A station house is located at street level; the station house is open from 5:15 A.M. to 1:15 P.M., and tickets are sold on weekdays. Parking is available in a lot adjacent to the station house. The [Green Bay Trail](/source/Green_Bay_Trail), a hiking and bicycle trail, runs east of and parallel to the railroad tracks at Winnetka and can be accessed from the inbound platform.

As of September 20, 2025, Winnetka is served by all 71 trains (35 inbound and 36 outbound) on weekdays, and by all 30 trains (15 in each direction) on weekends and holidays. On weekdays, four outbound trains terminate at Winnetka, and two inbound trains originate from this station. During the summer concert season, an extra weekend train to [Ravinia Park station](/source/Ravinia_Park_station) also stops here.

Winnetka was built at grade level when it served the [Chicago and North Western Railway](/source/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway). As an increasing amount of railroad traffic came through Winnetka, the railroad crossings became unsafe, and 29 people had been killed at railroad crossings by 1937 despite safety efforts by the city and the railroad. After two prominent Winnetka women died at the Pine Street crossing on October 20, 1937, Winnetkans demanded that the grade crossings be removed, electing to put the tracks in a below-grade trench. With the help of funding from the [Public Works Administration](/source/Public_Works_Administration), the tracks were lowered into a trench by 1943. Winnetka and [Hubbard Woods](/source/Hubbard_Woods_station) stations were located at street level with access to station platforms by stairs from a pedestrian walkway across the tracks, and [Indian Hill](/source/Indian_Hill_station) became an elevated station.[3]

## Bus connections

**[Pace](/source/Pace_(transit))**

- 213 Green Bay Road (Monday-Saturday only)

- 423 Linden CTA/The Glen/Harlem CTA (Weekdays only)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) ["Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF). *Metra*. April 2019. Archived from [the original](https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf) (PDF) on May 26, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/North Line](https://web.archive.org/web/20100325170233/http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmupn.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Winnetka Historical Society: The Big Ditch"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071009004846/http://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/winnetkaatoz/x.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/winnetkaatoz/x.htm) on October 9, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.

## External links

- Media related to [Winnetka station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Winnetka_station) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Metra – Stations – Winnetka](http://metrarail.com/maps-schedules/train-lines/up-n/stations/WINNETKA)

- [Oak Street entrance from Google Maps Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1043971,-87.731904,3a,75y,326.88h,79.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4lb85BHAnht5GIJF_oOusQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

- [Elm Street entrance from Google Maps Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1058491,-87.7331717,3a,75y,185.23h,85.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sD6Fh24FlVhXw-fw3-4wd2A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

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