Metra begins construction of new station on UP North Line

Metra, state and local officials yesterday broke ground on the new Peterson Ridge Station in Edgewater, Illinois.

Construction of the station, located along the Union Pacific North Line, will cost $19 million and take about 18 months to complete, Metra officials said in a press release. Renovation work on nearby bridges over Peterson and Ridge avenues will cost another $3 million.

The station's features will include two six-car platforms, heated concrete stairs, ADA-compliant ramps, glass and masonry warming house with side canopies and metal roof, two shelters with on-demand heating, a plaza with associated landscaping and irrigation system and reworked traffic signals for the station entrance.

The project will be funded by a $15 million grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and $7 million from the Federal Transit Administration.