Glenview station
Glenview station is a Metra commuter rail and Amtrak intercity rail station in Glenview, Illinois, United States, north of Chicago. The station is located at 1116 Depot Street, from Union Station, the southern terminus of the lines. The facility opened in March 1995 as a replacement for a since-demolished 1950s era station. The new station, designed by Legat Architects of Waukegan, cost approximately $3 million and was funded from a number of sources, including Metra, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Amtrak and the village of Glenview. On Metra, the station is located on the Milwaukee District  North Line that runs between Chicago Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. On Amtrak, the station is located on two lines, the "Hiawatha" that runs between Chicago Union Station and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the "Empire Builder" that operates between Chicago, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. It also served the short-lived "Lake Country Limited" which ran between Chicago and Janesville, Wisconsin between April 15, 2000, and September 23, 2001. Frequent, daily service is provided on both the Milwaukee District North Line and the "Hiawatha", while the "Empire Builder" provides once-a-day service. Normally, passengers traveling between Glenview and Chicago  or Glenview and Milwaukee are not permitted to board or disembark on the "Empire Builder" at Glenview, due to the availability of the more frequent Metra and Amtrak Hiawatha routes. However, for much of the spring of 2020, the "Empire Builder" allowed local travel between Glenview and Milwaukee when the "Hiawatha" was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is proposed that the Amtrak service would shift one stop north to . This move would eliminate lengthy stops which block traffic on Glenview Road. This move would involve reconstruction of the North Glenview station to handle the additional traffic, and depends  on commitments from Glenview, the Illinois General Assembly and Metra. As of 2018, Glenview is the 22nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,462 weekday boardings. As of 2022, Glenview is served by all 19 Metra trains in each direction on weekdays, by all 10 Metra trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by all nine Metra trains in each direction on Sundays. Bus connections. Pace