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Metra Accessible Station List May 2021 Metra Accessible Station List May 2021 At partially accessible stations, customers using mobility devices can access and use trains however, the stations may not have other accessibility features such as accessible bathrooms, Braille signage, visual display announcements, etc. For more details about partially accessible stations call Metra Customer Service at 312-322-6777 (voice) or TTY: 312-322-6774. DOWNTOWN TERMINALS Elec-ML Millennium Accessible RI-Main LaSalle Street Accessible SWS Union Station Accessible UP-All Ogilvie Transportation Center Accessible BURLINGTON NORTHERN BN Cicero Accessible BN LaVergne Accessible BN Berwyn Accessible BN Harlem Avenue Accessible BN Hollywood/Zoo Stop Accessible BN LaGrange Road Accessible BN Stone Avenue/LaGrange Accessible BN Western Springs Accessible BN Highlands Accessible BN Hinsdale Accessible BN Westmont Accessible BN Fairview Avenue/Downers Grove Accessible BN Main St/Downers Grove Accessible BN Belmont Accessible BN Lisle Accessible BN Naperville Accessible BN Route 59 Accessible BN Aurora Accessible BN Halsted Street Inaccessible BN Western Avenue Inaccessible BN Congress Park Inaccessible BN Riverside Partial BN Brookfield Partial BN West Hinsdale Partial BN Clarendon Hills Partial METRA ELECTRIC Elec-BI Blue Island-Vermont Accessible Elec-ML Van Buren Accessible Elec-ML Museum Campus/11th St Accessible Elec-ML 23rd/McCormick Place Accessible Elec-ML 51st/53rd/Hyde Park Accessible Elec-ML 55th/56th/57th Accessible Elec-ML 115th St/Kensington Accessible Elec-ML Ivanhoe Accessible Elec-ML Harvey Accessible Elec-ML Hazel Crest Accessible Elec-ML Calumet Accessible Elec-ML Homewood Accessible Elec-ML Flossmoor Accessible Elec-ML 211th St/Lincoln Highway Accessible Elec-ML Richton Park Accessible Elec-ML University Park Accessible Elec-SC Stony Island Accessible Elec-SC Bryn Mawr Accessible Elec-SC South Shore Accessible Elec-SC 79th St/Windsor Park Accessible Elec-SC 79th/Cheltenham Accessible Elec-SC 83rd St Accessible Elec-SC 87th St Accessible Elec-SC 93rd St/South Chicago Accessible Elec-BI State St Inaccessible Elec-BI Stewart Ridge Inaccessible Elec-BI West Pullman Inaccessible Elec-BI Racine Ave Inaccessible Elec-BI Ashland Ave Inaccessible Elec-BI Burr Oak Inaccessible Elec-ML 18th Inaccessible Elec-ML 27th St Inaccessible Elec-ML 47th St/Kenwood Inaccessible Elec-ML 59th/Univ of Chicago Inaccessible Elec-ML 63rd St Inaccessible E!ec-ML 75thSt/Grand Crossing Inaccessible Elec-ML 79th St/Chatham Inaccessible Elec-ML 83rd St/Avalon Park Inaccessible Elec-ML 87th St/Woodruff Inaccessible Elec-ML 91st St/Chesterfield Inaccessible Elec-ML 95th St/Chicago State Univ Inaccessible Elec-ML 103rd St/Rosemoor Inaccessible Elec-ML 107th St Inaccessible Elec-ML 111th/Pullman Inaccessible Elec-ML Riverdale Inaccessible Elec-ML 147th St/Sibley Inaccessible Elec-ML Olympia Fields Inaccessible Elec-ML Matteson Inaccessible HERITAGE CORRIDOR Heritage Summit Accessible Heritage Willow Springs Accessible Heritage Lemont Accessible Heritage Romeoville Accessible Heritage Lockport Accessible Heritage Joliet Accessible MILWAUKEE DISTRICT Milw-N Healy Accessible Milw-N Edgebrook Accessible Milw-N Morton Grove Accessible Milw-N Golf Accessible Milw-N Glenview Accessible Milw-N The Glen/North Glenview Accessible Milw-N Lake Cook Road Accessible Milw-N Deerfield Accessible Milw-N Lake Forest Accessible Milw-N Libertyville Accessible Milw-N Prairie Crossing Accessible Milw-N Grayslake Accessible Milw-N Round Lake Accessible Milw-N Long Lake Accessible Milw-N Ingleside Accessible Milw-N Fox Lake Accessible Milw-W Western Ave Accessible Milw-W Grand/Cicero Accessible Milw-W Hanson Park Accessible Milw-W Galewood Accessible Milw-W Mars Accessible Milw-W Mont Clare Accessible Milw-W Elmwood Park Accessible Milw-W River Grove Accessible Milw-W Franklin Park Accessible Milw-W Bensenville Accessible Milw-W Wood Dale Accessible Milw-N Northbrook Accessible Milw-W Itasca Accessible Milw-W Medinah Accessible Milw-W Roselle Accessible Milw-W Schaumburg Accessible Milw-W Hanover Park Accessible Milw-W Bartlett Accessible Milw-W National St/Elgin Accessible Milw-W Elgin Accessible Milw-W Big Timber/Elgin Accessible Milw-N Grayland Inaccessible Milw-N Mayfair Inaccessible Milw-N Forest Glen Inaccessible Milw-W Mannheim Inaccessible NORTH CENTRAL SERVICE NCS Belmont Ave/Franklin Park Accessible NCS Schiller Park Accessible NCS Rosemont Accessible NCS O'Hare Transfer Accessible NCS Prospect Heights Accessible NCS Wheeling Accessible NCS Buffalo Grove Accessible NCS Prairie View Accessible NCS Vernon Hills Accessible NCS Mundelein Accessible NCS Prairie Crossing Accessible NCS Washington St/Grayslake Accessible NCS Round Lake Beach Accessible NCS Lake Villa Accessible NCS Antioch Accessible ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT RI-Beverly Brainerd Accessible RI-Beverly 95th St/Beverly Accessible RI-Beverly 99th St/Beverly Accessible RI-Beverly 103rd St/Beverly Accessible RI-Beverly 111th St/Morgan Park Accessible RI-Main 35th St. Accessible RI-Main 103rd St/Washington Heights Accessible RI Main Blue Island-Vermont Street Accessible RI-Main Robbins Accessible RI-Main Midlothian Accessible RI-Main Oak Forest Accessible RI-Main Tinley Park Accessible RI-Main 80th Avenue/Tinley Park Accessible RI-Main Hickory Creek/Mokena Accessible RI-Main Mokena/Front St Accessible RI-Main New Lenox Accessible RI-Main Joliet Accessible RI-Beverly 123rd St Inaccessible RI-Beverly Prairie St Inaccessible RI-Main Gresham Inaccessible RI-Beverly 91st St/Beverly Partial RI-Beverly 107th St/Beverly Partial RI-Beverly 115th St/Morgan Park Partial RI-Beverly 119th St/Morgan Park Partial RI-Main 95th St/Longwood Partial SOUTHWEST SERVICE SWS Wrightwood Accessible SWS Ashburn Accessible SWS Oak Lawn Patriot Accessible SWS Chicago Ridge Accessible SWS Worth Accessible SWS Palos Heights Accessible SWS Palos Park Accessible SWS 143rd/Orland Park Accessible SWS 153rd/Orland Park Accessible SWS 179th/Orland Park Accessible SWS Laraway Road/New Lenox Accessible SWS Manhattan Accessible UNION PACIFIC UP-NORTHWEST Irving Park Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Jefferson Park Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Norwood Park Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Edison Park Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Park Ridge Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Dee Road Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Des Plaines Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Cumberland Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Mount Prospect Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Arlington Heights Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Arlington Park Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Palatine Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Barrington Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Fox River Grove Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Cary Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Pingree Road Accessible UP-NORTHWEST McHenry Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Crystal Lake Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Woodstock Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Harvard Accessible UP-NORTH Rogers Park Accessible UP-NORTH Main St/Evanston Accessible UP-NORTH Davis St/Evanston Accessible UP-NORTH Central St/Evanston Accessible UP-NORTH Wilmette Accessible UP-NORTH Kenilworth Accessible UP-NORTH Winnetka Accessible UP-NORTH Glencoe Accessible UP-NORTH Ravinia Accessible UP-NORTH Ravinia Park Accessible UP-NORTH Highland Park Accessible UP-NORTH Highwood Accessible UP-NORTH Fort Sheridan Accessible UP-NORTH Lake Forest Accessible UP-NORTH Lake Bluff Accessible UP-NORTH Great Lakes Accessible UP-NORTH North Chicago Accessible UP-NORTH Waukegan Accessible UP-NORTH Zion Accessible UP-NORTH Winthrop Harbor Accessible UP-NORTH Kenosha Accessible UP-WEST Oak Park Accessible UP-WEST Bellwood Accessible UP-WEST Berkeley Accessible UP-WEST Elmhurst Accessible UP-WEST Villa Park Accessible UP-WEST Lombard Accessible UP-WEST Glen Ellyn Accessible UP-WEST College Ave Accessible UP-WEST Wheaton Accessible UP-WEST Winfield Accessible UP-WEST West Chicago Accessible UP-WEST Geneva Accessible UP-WEST LaFox Accessible UP-WEST Elburn Accessible UP-NORTHWEST Clybourn Inaccessible UP-NORTHWEST Gladstone Park Inaccessible UP-NORTH Clybourn Inaccessible UP-NORTH Ravenswood Inaccessible UP-NORTH Indian Hill Inaccessible UP-NORTH Hubbard Woods Inaccessible UP-WEST Kedzie Inaccessible UP-WEST River Forest Inaccessible UP-NORTH Braeside Partial UP-WEST Maywood Partial UP-WEST Melrose Park Partial .
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