Maywood station (Illinois)
Maywood is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Village of Maywood, a western suburb of Chicago, on the Union Pacific/West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 22 to 27 minutes. There are 13 inbound trains on weekdays, five on Saturdays and four on Sundays. As of 2018, Maywood is the 194th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 87 weekday boardings.[1]
The Maywood station platform in October 2017. | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | 430 Main St Maywood, IL 60153 | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41.8884°N 87.8387°W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | Pace Bus | |||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | C | |||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 87 (average weekday)[1] 6.1% | |||||||||||||||||
Rank | 194 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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The station's parking is along Main Street between 1st Avenue to the east and 4th Avenue to the west. The station is in the heart of Maywood's business district. Across the tracks to the south of the station is the Maywood Public Library, the Maywood Police Station, and Veteran's Memorial Park, the Village's largest park. Pace suburban buses stop on North 5th Avenue and one block to the north on Lake Street.
A newly constructed commuter station opened on June 30, 2017.[2]
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.
- "Maywood Metra Station Officially Opens to Riders". village free press. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2018-07-24.