Ravinia Park is a seasonal station on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in Highland Park, Illinois. The station serves the Ravinia Festival, and trains only stop at the Ravinia Park station during concert season. Ravinia Park is 20.9 miles (33.6 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line.^[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Ravinia Park is located in zone 3. Metra also honors dated concert e-tickets as a train fare to Ravinia on concert days. Ravinia Park has two side platforms which serve two tracks. Ravinia Park is the only seasonal station in the Metra system.

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Ravinia Park
Ravinia Park station in October 2015.
General information
Location	Ravinia Festival Highland Park, Illinois 60035
Coordinates	42.1581°N 87.7771°W / 42.1581; -87.7771
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Ravinia toward Kenosha Union Pacific North Braeside toward Ogilvie
Track layout Legend UP-N north to Kenosha Green Bay Trail Ravinia Park Rd. UP-N south to Ogilvie
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As of February 16, 2024, during the summer concert season, Ravinia Park is served by 15 trains (seven inbound, eight outbound) on weekdays, by 12 trains (four inbound, eight outbound) on Saturdays, and by 11 trains (four inbound, seven outbound) on Sundays and holidays.

During events on weekends, an extra outbound train RAV-1 departs Ogilvie Transportation Center, makes all stops to Evanston Central Street, then runs express to Ravinia Park, where it terminates at 6:25 P.M. An inbound train returns to Chicago after the event ends.

The Ravinia Park station was temporarily closed in 2020 due to the cancellation of all concerts for the Ravinia Festival in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service to Ravinia Park resumed in the summer of 2021.^[2]