Bensenville station
Bensenville is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Bensenville, Illinois. The station is 17.2 miles (27.7 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Bensenville is in zone D. As of 2018, Bensenville is the 115th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 414 weekday boardings.[1]
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| Location | 110 West Main Street Bensenville, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.9569°N 87.9418°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Pace Buses | ||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | D | ||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 1989 | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 414 (average weekday)[1]  16% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 115 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||
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Bensenville station is actually located on the south side of Main Street across from the railroad tracks. A wide at-grade pedestrian crosswalk provides access between West Main Street and the station. Parking is available along the south side of West Main Street west of Addison Street, but also behind the station house at the intersection of Center & Railroad Streets.
Bus connections
- "Route 319 – Grand Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
- "Route 332 – River Road/York Road". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
Gallery
Train approaching the station in the evening.
An east to west view of the station during the early evening.
An outbound train towards Elgin stopped at the Bensenville Metra station.
An outbound train towards Elgin stopped at the Bensenville Metra station.
References
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West
External links
- Metra – Stations – Bensenville station
- Chicago Railfan.net:
- Station from York Road from Google Maps Street View
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