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    3.8 (4 reviews)

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    Des Plaines Metra Station

    Des Plaines Metra Station

    3.2(6 reviews)
    7.3 mi

    It's fine; it's a train station. There's a coffee shop inside, Brew Coffee Lab, which is fantastic…read more(try the croffle). The interior is not a bad size so that's nice for when it's cold outside (or super hot, I suppose). There's also a bathroom so that's a great plus. They have anti-homeless seating in here--the benches have little metal dividers along them so that you can't lie down on the benches. I didn't know that Des Plaines was a hotbed for homelessness, but also am disgusted by any operation that uses anti-homeless architecture. I don't know if it's Metra or Des Plaines that's responsible for it but just not a good look.

    I love the Metra, I really do. I ride the Metra every day from the city to Des Plaines. It's not…read morelike riding the "L" or a CTA bus; it's clean, doesn't smell like puke and there are fewer creepy passengers. You almost always get a seat, and the cars are properly heated in the winter and cooled in the summer. I highly recommend riding Metra if you can. Anyway, onto the Des Plaines Metra Station itself. This station is also a Pace bus depot, so it's convenient if you use both forms of transit. I've been to a couple Metra stations, and this one is pretty nice by comparison. It's a decent size with about four large benches inside for seating. There's also a convenience stand that sells coffee, drinks and snacks, and there are two restrooms. There is an attendant on duty to sell Metra tickets, but she is a little hit or miss. Sometimes she's really nice and friendly, and other times she's cranky and seems annoyed when you want to buy a ticket. It also seems like she takes a lot of breaks. She'll put up the "back in 10 minutes" sign and not be back in 10 minutes. Metra has finally started excepting credit cards at some of its stations, but not yet in Des Plaines, which is super annoying. You either have to pay in cash or write a check. Considering the moody ticket attendant and Metra's inability to adapt to technology, I highly recommend ordering your tickets online. Overall, I think riding Metra is a great value. The Des Plaines Metra station is clean and has a nice waiting area and snack stand inside.

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    Oakton-Skokie

    Oakton-Skokie

    4.6(5 reviews)
    8.6 mi

    Convenient and walkable, which is very key. With American Landmark purchasing the Technology Park…read moreand with all of the new businesses and people moving to this area, the Yellow-line Oakton stop is an essential way of getting to downtown or Evanston. I've taken the Yellowline mainly to get to the loop or Lincolnpark or to see the Cubs and wow, it's sooo easy. The booth always has a CTA employee in it, which adds to the safety. The Yellowline trains are also generally more on the clean side, which is a plus. Oh, there's a bunch of bike stands if you'd like to ride over and lock your bike. Which leads to the one point deduction. For some reason, there are a bunch of plastic and glass bottles that are laying around, beyond the tracks. This isn't Howard station and the CTA has to make a conscious effort to clean up this mess, because the litterbugs won't be going away, unfortunately - even with waste baskets just a few steps away. There isn't any parking here so be careful not to drop off at Crafty Beaver, you may end up getting a ticket like my neighbor. If need to park, you should park at Dempster Yellowline. All in all, consistent, clean, safe and just one stop away from Howard.

    I have always passed by Oakton-Skokie, whether it be in my vehicle or enroute to Dempster-Skokie…read morevia Yellow line: Skokie Swift, but never utilized it despite it having access to places I visit in on a weekly basis. Occasionally I work in the area, and in the past I noted Oakton-Skokie as being the closest public transportation access spot to my job which is why I utilized it. I have to say that I love how well-maintained and easily accessible the stops are in Skokie in comparison to Chicago and Evanston. With that being said, some of the pros & cons I noted of Oakton-Skokie are. Pros: -It connects college students to Oakton Community College, which is only half of a mile away. -Easy accessible grocery stores (Market Place on Oakton & ALDI) that are coincidentally next to each other. -Diverse selection of restaurants within Downtown Skokie. Some noted are Libertad, Village Inn Pizzeria Sports Bar and Grill, Sugo Italian Street Food and De-Jred Fine Jamaican Cuisine. -It connects residents and those living outside of Skokie to events, and businesses in downtown Skokie, such as Skokie Theater; The Historical Society/Heritage Museum; the Public Library; St Peter's Catholic Church and Village Hall. -Wheel chair accessible ramp. -The yellow line - Skokie Swift, operates for weekday and weekend Chicago Cubs night games and Wrigley Field concerts going in-bound to until 12:00 AM on game nights. Cons: -The yellow line - Skokie Swift, does not run all night. Other than for Chicago Cubs night games and Wrigley Field concerts, it runs from Dempster to Howard until 11:15 PM, all week. And from Howard to Dempster until 11:00 PM. Thomas G

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    Elmhurst Metra Station - North side of Metra train station in Elmhurst (facing west)

    Elmhurst Metra Station

    2.8(8 reviews)
    4.6 mi

    worst train ride. we get on the the train 20 min in we are good. then i realize we are going…read morebackward. i could have been home with extra time to knit 3 blankets. but nope it took me 1 hour and 20 min to get home. bonus all people were coming from bears game. all drunk. worst train ride of my life.

    Dreaming of moving my whole life . . . Great great movement, as the breeze or some other…read moreperpetual pendulum. When I was young, I had profound qualms generating within. They could power a city. My chest reverberated with anxiety. Is time a measurement of movement and is my understanding of history just a notion of space passed. Passed. Past. Am I remembering, or sitting backward in a station wagon watching the family vacation depart the present? I cannot experience space without thinking of it in size and that act of thinking in such largeness presupposes that I contemplate the distance in metered intervals, of which, I can only comprehend through relation to time. And daily, or revolutionary as in revolving, there is a march onward so constant the even poor Sisyphus takes note. Mine has always been in that Sisyphusian effort; the rhythmic undertones of life. And never have I become aware of the dark confusion as when my head rests on the Metra glass of the west line 7:31, Elmhurst to Ogilvie, south tracks. The vibrations of the train finely rattles my skull just so. My teeth loosely touching and carrying the reverberation into a internalized mosquito buzz. Eyes half shut and scared about the details missing from my office politics, the trees outside click by; raising and fainting intersection dings. Will I be at work in 20 minutes or 10 miles? It this time vibrating my bones, or is it the rough grooves of terrain, ever present, ever the friction. If you see something say something. Tickets out.

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    Elmhurst Metra Station - Nicely maintained shelter.

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