Grayslake (Metra)
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Grayslake Station is a commuter railroad 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 Milwaukee District/North Line
Milwaukee District/North Line
The Milwaukee District/North is a commuter rail line provided and operated by Metra in Chicago, Illinois, and its surrounding suburbs...

 in Grayslake
Grayslake, Illinois
Grayslake is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about north of Chicago’s downtown, west of Lake Michigan, and south of the Wisconsin border....

, 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 located on the corner of Lake Street and Saint Paul Street, is 41 miles (66 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, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois
Fox Lake, Illinois
Fox Lake is a village in Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois and Richmond Township, McHenry County, Illinois. The population was 9,178 at the 2000 census.-History:...

. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grayslake is in zone I.

Parking is available on both sides of the tracks, along the east side of Lake Street, the south side of St. Paul Street, and north of the intersection of St. Paul and Slusser Streets.

Grayslake Station is one of the only two stations north of Lake Forest
Lake Forest (Metra Milwaukee District/North)
Lake Forest is a railroad station in Western Lake Forest, Illinois, United States served by Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line. The station is located on 10205 North Waukegan Road , which is away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station...

 which has more than one platform or track. Another station exists in Grayslake on Washington Street
Washington Street (Metra)
Washington Street is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Grayslake, Illinois. The station is away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Washington Street is in zone I. Washington Street was opened on January 30, 2006, along with three...

 along Metra'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...

line. No connection is available to Washington Street Station, however.
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