Arlington Park station

Arlington Park
General information
Location	2121 West Northwest Highway Arlington Heights, Illinois
Coordinates	42°05′43″N 88°00′33″W / 42.0953°N 88.0092°W / 42.0953; -88.0092
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1975
Passengers
2018	1,738 (average weekday)[1]  2.4%
Rank	15 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Palatine toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific Northwest Arlington Heights toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Palatine toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division Arlington Heights toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP-NW northwest to Harvard or McHenry US 14 (Northwest Hwy.) UP-NW southeast to Ogilvie
Location

Arlington Park is one of two commuter railroad stations along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the village of Arlington Heights, Illinois. The station is located at 2121 West Northwest Highway (US 14) and Wilke Road, within Arlington Park Race Course, and lies 24.4 miles (39.3 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Arlington Park is in zone 3. As of 2018^[update], Arlington Park is the 15th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,738 weekday boardings.^[1]

The Arlington Park station was designed originally to serve just the Arlington Park Race Track, but now serves postal employees at the Processing and Distribution Center in Palatine, Illinois as well as residents of southeast Palatine and west Arlington Heights, although a fence blocks most of the access to the station from the Palatine side. Despite its original purpose as a racetrack station, Arlington Park is located along the Union Pacific Northwest Line's main line, rather than a spur or a sidetrack. No bus connections are available.

As of May 30, 2023, Arlington Park is served by 62 trains (31 in each direction) on weekdays, by 33 trains (16 inbound, all 17 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.

Parking is available within a section of the track complex's property dedicated for Metra commuter parking. As of June 2010, the price was $1.50 per day. The commuter parking lot is operated by Imperial Parking Corporation,^[3] operating as Impark. Impark has sometimes drawn criticism over business practices related to parking payment; at this lot in particular, commuters are required to pay a surcharge to use pay-by-phone when the lot's payment machines are out of order.^[4]

• Media related to Arlington Park (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra - Arlington Park Station
• Station from Google Maps Street View