Fox River Grove station

Not to be confused with River Grove on the Milwaukee District West Line and North Central Service.

Fox River Grove is a commuter railroad station along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in Fox River Grove, Illinois. It is located at 4015 North Northwest Highway (US 14) and Lincoln Avenue, and lies 37.3 miles (60.0 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, and 25.8 miles (41.5 km) from Harvard.^[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Fox River Grove is in zone 4. As of 2018^[update], Fox River Grove is the 104th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 462 weekday boardings.^[2]

Fox River Grove
Fox River Grove station in November 2016.
General information
Location	4015 North Northwest Highway Fox River Grove, Illinois
Coordinates	42.1979°N 88.2194°W / 42.1979; -88.2194
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Enclosed Shelter
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1959
Rebuilt	2013[1]
Passengers
2018	462 (average weekday)[2]  2.4%
Rank	104 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Cary toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Barrington toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Cary toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Barrington toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard or McHenry Lincoln Ave. US 14 (Northwest Hwy.) Algonquin Rd. UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie
Location

As of May 30, 2023, Fox River Grove is served by 52 trains (27 inbound, 25 outbound) on weekdays, by 30 trains (15 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.

The station house is an unmanned modestly decorative shelter that is open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Parking is available on both sides of the tracks and on both sides of Lincoln Avenue. On the north side, there are small on-side parking lots between the tracks and the south side of North Northwest Highway. On the south side, much larger parking lots exist on Lincoln Avenue. The southeast parking lot is also accessible to Algonquin Road.

The station underwent a complete rebuild, that extended platforms to 640 ft, (enough for an 8-car train), 2 new passenger shelters, bathroom facilities, repaved parking lot and improved lighting. The total price was $3.5 million, of which $1.2 million came from Union Pacific. The project was completed in the fall of 2013.^[1]

Accident

Main article: 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision

The Algonquin Road grade crossing at the south end of the station was the site of a collision on October 25, 1995 between an inbound Metra train and a school bus, that resulted in the deaths of seven students. The school bus was caught between the railroad tracks and the intersection with US 14, resulting in the accident.

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
3. Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific Northwest Line

External links

• Metra - Fox River Grove Station
• Station House from Google Maps Street View