Metra Electric Stations

[Zol87]

Why do many of the stations on the Metra Electric Line only have an intersection listed instead of an actual address?

[trainman8119]

Why do many of the stations on the Metra Electric Line only have an intersection listed instead of an actual address?

I would imagine finding a station with 2 intersections listed would be easier to find rather than an actual address, especially in the suburbs where street numbers change.

[artthouwill]

Most ME stations are not station houses like on other Metra lines. They are accessed either in the middle of a viaduct (majority main line), or in the middle of the street (S. Chicago and Blue Island branches). So at least if the station is listed as 87th and Dauphin, for example, when you arrive at 87th and Dauphin, you should see the viaduct and then be able to find the stairs that lead up to the tracks.

[Busjack]

I would imagine finding a station with 2 intersections listed would be easier to find rather than an actual address, especially in the suburbs where street numbers change.

Certainly doesn't stop them on the Milw. N. line, with such descriptive addresses as 3000 Old Willow Road,*

instead something at least more accurate, like 2600 Lehigh (for the Glen of North Glenview station).

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*At that point, you don't even know when Old Willow becomes John St. And the station is on the Lehigh side of the tracks.