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Glenview is a station along the Chicago and Milwaukee Subdivision, located in Glenview, IL. The station is served by Amtrak and Metra trains. Glenview is a zone 3 station.  History The tracks through Glenview were laid down in 1871, to help rebuild Chicago. A station was added for the small village of Glenview not long after. This station was kept until the 1950s, when it was replaced. The current station replaced that station in 1995.  Service used to run on this from the Milwaukee Road, on its local commuter service between Milwaukee and Chicago. Service also once was ran by Amtrak on its Lake Country Limited, a train that was ran from Chicago Union station to Janesville. The Lake Country Limited only ran from April 15th, 2000 to September 23rd, 2001.  Services Multiple trains run here:  Amtrak: Borealis: This train runs from Chicago Union station to St. Paul-Minneapolis station. This runs one round trip a day, though a second round trip is ...

Franklin Park is a station on METRA's MD-W line. The station is located on 25th Street and Pacific Avenue in Franklin Park, Illinois. This is not the Franklin Park station on METRA's NCS line, that is a different station that's nearby.  Tour Train at Franklin Park Platform If this was a SEPTA station, this would be horrible. But as a Metra station, these platforms are completely all right.  Ad posters and garden Many bike racks Schedule and map  Inside depot This would be far nicer with bathrooms, but is otherwise much better than anything you could find on most of SEPTA.  Parking meter Nearby 5 over 1 development  Countdown clock  Parking The station from afar Transit Connections Franklin Park has three transit connections: Metra NCS: This train goes from Chicago Union station to Antioch, IL via the CN W...

Secaucus Junction is a station on NJT's combined lines, serving the entirety of the commuter rail network of New Jersey sans the Atlantic City Line, along with the MNRR Port Jervis Line. The station was built and inaugurated in September of 2003 and has single-handedly been one of the most important completed rail projects in the entire northeastern US that was built this century.  Tour Map Secaucus Junction is a giant station, albeit a very well designed one . It's large enough to need a map of the station itself inside of it. There's also paper schedules for every single train that goes through Secaucus Junction as well The hallway that map is in Elevator Staircase TVMs and info screens Bus terminal The outside of the station Odd maintenance tunnel Bottom floor area This floor has escalators, elevators, and TVMs, among other things Stairs ...