Lake Forest station (Union Pacific)
| Company type | commuter rail station |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Headquarters | Lake Forest, Illinois , United States |
| Products | Commuter rail services |
Lake Forest station, situated in Lake Forest, Illinois, is a stop on Metra's Union Pacific North Line. Positioned at 691 North Western Avenue, it lies from the line’s inbound endpoint at Ogilvie Transportation Center and accommodates passengers heading northbound toward Kenosha, Wisconsin. Within Metra's fare zoning system, Lake Forest falls under zone 4. In 2018, it was ranked as the 70th most frequented station out of Metra's 236 non-downtown locations, averaging 747 boardings on weekdays. The station is centrally located in downtown Lake Forest close to the Lake Forest Library and maintains a staffed ticket office during weekday morning peak periods.
As of February 16, 2024, service at Lake Forest includes 46 trains on weekdays (23 in each direction), all 26 trains on Saturdays (13 per direction), and all 18 trains on Sundays and holidays (nine each way).
To avoid confusion with the station on the Milwaukee District North Line, this facility is occasionally referred to as East Lake Forest.
Parking options are available along McKinley Road (on the east side of the tracks between Woodland Road and north of Illinois Road), Western Avenue (east side between Illinois Road and Vine Avenue), as well as several parking lots close to the station. While Pace buses serve this station, there is no direct transit link to the Milwaukee District North Line’s Lake Forest station.
The existing station structure was erected in 1900 by the Chicago and North Western Railway and was designed by the architectural firm Frost & Granger.