Ravenswood (Metra)

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name=Ravenswood
type=Metra regional rail


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address=4800 N. Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, IL
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Ravenswood is a railroad station on the North Side of Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific/North Line. It is located at 4800 N. Ravenswood Avenue, just south of W. Lawrence Avenue. The Ravenswood Station formerly was located at Wilson Avenue, but was relocated at its current location to be opposite the Chicago & North Western Ry. Ravenswood Accounting Office & Carload Tracing Bureau which were housed in a building at 4801 N. Ravenswood Avenue. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Ravenswood is in zone B. Ravenswood station is near the eastern edge of the Chicago neighborhood also known as Ravenswood.

The station consists of two side platforms, and does not contain a ticket agent booth. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Many express trains skip Ravenswood during rush hours; however, all weekend passenger trains stop at the station. Trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Damen El station on CTA's Brown Line is three blocks to the west, while the closest Red Line station is Lawrence, located about 0.8 miles east of Ravenswood station.

=CTA Bus Connections=

*81: Lawrence (Owl Service)
*145: Wilson/Michigan Express
*148: Clarendon/Michigan Express

External links

* [http://www.metrarail.com/Sched/cnw_n/ravenswood.shtml Metra - Ravenswood station]