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Prairie Crossing is a pair of Metra stations located in Libertyville, Illinois.They are serviced by the North Central Service and the Milwaukee District North Line.The station is 43.4 miles (69.8 km) away from Chicago Union Station via the North Central Service, and 39.8 miles (64.1 km) via the Milwaukee District North Line. [3]
Libertyville is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Libertyville, Illinois.The station is officially located on 200 West Lake Street near Milwaukee Avenue (), is 35.5 miles (57.1 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, [2] and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois.
The Milwaukee District North Line (MD-N) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs, running from Union Station to Fox Lake.Although Metra does not refer to any of its lines by color, the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District North line are pale "Hiawatha Orange" in honor of the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha passenger trains.
Until 2020, a single daily inbound train, no. 120, made all stops along the North Central Service from Antioch to Washington Street, then switched to the Milwaukee District North Line's tracks at a diamond near Prairie Crossing station, made stops at Libertyville and Lake Forest, and then ran express to Union Station.
The full train schedule can be found on Metra's website. There are 68 trains from this station on weekdays, 20 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday. All inbound trains to Chicago that stop at 80th Avenue, run to the terminus of the line; LaSalle Street Station. All outbound trains that stop at 80th Avenue, with the exception of train #413, run to Joliet.
In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail. [4] In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area. [4] The board was renamed Metra ...
Kansas and Sidell Railroad, Westfield Railroad, Yale Short Line Railroad: South Chicago Railroad: IC: 1881 1987 Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation: South Chicago and Southern Railroad: PRR: 1881 1954 Penndel Company: South Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad: C&EI/ CN/ ERIE/ MON/ WAB: 1880 1882 Chicago and Western ...
] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Prairie View is in zone 4. [4] As of 2018, Prairie View is the 113th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 415 weekday boardings. [2] [5] As of February 15, 2024, Prairie View is served by all 14 trains (seven in each direction) on weekdays.