Wilmette station
Wilmette is a commuter railroad station in Wilmette, Illinois that is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. Trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. Travel time to Ogilvie is 31 minutes on local trains, and as little as 27 minutes on morning inbound trains and 22 minutes on one afternoon inbound train. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Wilmette is in zone 2. As of 2018, Wilmette was the 18th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,653 weekday boardings.
The station is located at Green Bay Road and Washington Avenue in Wilmette's central business district. It is also in close proximity to the Wilmette Village Hall. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. The closest CTA Purple Line station is Linden, about a mile away.
As of September 20, 2025, Wilmette is served by all 71 trains on weekdays, and by all 30 trains on weekends and holidays. During the summer concert season, an extra weekend train to Ravinia Park station also stops here.
History
The first railroad station in Wilmette opened in 1871 at a cost of $700. In 1875, it took 30 minutes to get to Chicago, and the fare was 11 cents and $5.50 as of February 2018. The former station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.The present Metra station in Wilmette opened in 2001.