Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, Italy

Lake Cook Road (also known as Lake Cook) is a Metra station along the Milwaukee District North Line. It is located at 601 Lake Cook Road in Deerfield, Illinois, is 23.4 miles (37.7 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and

Fox Lake, Illinois. 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 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. It is the last stop outbound on the line inside Cook County. The station opened in January 1996 as an infill station. As of May 1, 2026, Lake Cook Road is served by 44 trains (22 inbound, 22 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 Deerfield 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...

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