Lake Cook Road (also known as Lake Cook) is a

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station along the

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. It is located at 601

Lake Cook Road Lake Cook Road (alternatively referred to as County Line Road or Main Street in some areas) is a major east–west highway in Cook, Lake, McHenry, and Kane Counties in Illinois. For much of its length, it marks the border between Cook and ...

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, is away from

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, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and

Fox Lake, Illinois Fox Lake is a village in Lake County, Illinois and Burton Township, McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Fox Lake is a northwestern Chicago suburb. The population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. It is located 50 miles north of Chicago. H ...

. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lake Cook Road is in zone 3. As of 2018, Lake Cook Road is the 43rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,086 weekday boardings. The station exists along a railroad line that originally served the

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. It is the last stop outbound on the line inside Cook County. The station opened in January 1996 as an

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. As of February 15, 2024, Lake Cook Road is served by 45 trains (20 inbound, 25 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. Unlike the historic station, Lake Cook Road is somewhat more modern-looking. Despite classic features, it contains far more contemporary paint trim and a "Metra" sign over the front doorway, rather than anything from the old Milwaukee Road. Parking is available along the west side of the tracks through a frontage road along Lake Cook Road leading to the intersection of Deerlake Road. This is due to the railroad bridge over Lake Cook Road. The parking lot also contains a section strictly for Pace buses. The station is across the tracks from some shopping centers at the corner of Lake Cook Road and Waukegan Road and is in close proximity to

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west of the IL 43 partial interchange.

Bus connections

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*626 Skokie -

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Limited (Weekday Rush Hours Only)

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Railway stations in Lake County, Illinois Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois Deerfield, Illinois Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996 {{Illinois-railstation-stub