Melrose Park station (Illinois)

Melrose Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Melrose Park, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by 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 23 to 29 minutes, depending on the train. There are 15 daily inbound trains on weekdays, and five each on Saturday and Sunday. As of 2018, Melrose Park is the 196th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 86 weekday boardings.[1]

Melrose Park
Location1801 West Main Street
Melrose Park, IL 60160
Coordinates41.8903°N 87.8557°W / 41.8903; -87.8557
Owned byUnion Pacific
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsPace Buses
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneC
History
Opened1956
Passengers
201886 (average weekday)[1] 1.1%
Rank196 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Bellwood
toward Elburn
Union Pacific / West Maywood
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Bellwood
toward Geneva
Galena Division Maywood
toward Chicago

Melrose Park was originally built by the Chicago and North Western Railway and acquired by Metra. The station is at Main Street and North 18th Avenue, in Melrose Park's business district. Pace suburban buses stop one block to the west, on Broadway Street, and one block to the north, on West Lake Street.

Bus connections

Pace

  • 303 Forest Park/Rosemont
  • 309 Lake Street
  • 313 St. Charles Road

References

  1. "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.


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