Elburn station
Elburn is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/West Line located in Elburn, Illinois. The station is the western terminus of the West Line. The station is 43.8 miles (70.5 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center along the railroad tracks.[2] The station opened in January 2006, when the West Line was expanded from Geneva. The station is located at ground level. A large coach yard is located just east of the station.[3] As of 2018, Elburn is the 137th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 336 weekday boardings.[1]
Location | 422 E. Railroad Ave. Elburn, Illinois 60119 | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 41.8906°N 88.4640°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 Side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Huskie Bus Line | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 300 spaces, $1.25 per day | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | I | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1854 (G&CU/C&NW) January 23, 2006 (Metra) | ||||||||||||
Closed | 1959 (C&NW) | ||||||||||||
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2018 | 336 (average weekday)[1] 9.4% | ||||||||||||
Rank | 137 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||
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The first station in Elburn was established in 1854 with the arrival of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. This later merged into the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) and was on the Omaha–Chicago main line.[4] The C&NW eventually merged into the Union Pacific Railroad in 1995, the current operator of the line.
References
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). metrarail.com. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West Line
- Van Hattem, Matt (July 5, 2006). "Metra: Chicago's commuter railroad". Trains. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- "Elburn, IL". Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved March 29, 2020.