Buffalo Grove is a station on Metra

Metra

Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...

's North Central Service

North Central Service

The North Central Service is a commuter rail line provided and operated by Metra in Chicago, Illinois, and its surrounding suburbs. While Metra does not specifically refer to any of its lines by a particular color, the timetable accents for the North Central Service line are printed in light "Soo...

 in Buffalo Grove

Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Buffalo Grove is an affluent village located in the northern suburbs of Chicago, and in Cook and Lake counties in Illinois, United States. The town was named for Buffalo Creek, which was itself named for bison bones found in the area....

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. The station is 32 miles (51.5 km) away from Union Station

Union Station (Chicago)

Union Station is a major train station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, replacing an earlier 1881 station. It is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago, as well as being the city's primary terminal for commuter trains. The station stands on the west side of the Chicago River between Adams...

, the southern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Buffalo Grove is in zone F.

According to Metra's year-end figures, Buffalo Grove is the highest-trafficked station on the North Central line. The station contains a large parking lot off of Commerce Drive, which itself is a cul-de-sac off of Deerfield Parkway.

The station is a part of the Sidney Matthias Transportation Center.

Bus connections

Pace

Pace (transit)

Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace. In 2010, Pace had 35.077 million riders. Pace's headquarters are in...

• 234 Wheeling-Des Plaines
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• 626 Skokie Valley Limited