Clybourn station

Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific/North Line and Union Pacific/Northwest Line.[4] It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue (at West Armitage Avenue)[4] and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn is located at Clybourn Junction, where the Union Pacific/North Line and Union Pacific/Northwest Line separate. Clybourn Junction was named for its location near Clybourn Place, the home of the Clybourn family, early settlers in the Chicago area.[2] Clybourn is situated between the Bucktown and DePaul neighborhoods, several miles north of downtown Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Clybourn is in zone A.

Clybourn
Location	2001 North Ashland Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60614
Coordinates	2000 N 1600 W
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Connections	Chicago Transit Authority
Construction
Structure type	Separate platforms
Platform levels	Elevated
Parking	Yes; Mostly street-side
Bicycle facilities	Park on Ashland
Disabled access	No
Other information
Station code	60639
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	1900[1][2]
Electrified	No
Previous names	Clybourn Junction
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	1,674 (average weekday)[3]
Rank	17 of 236[3]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Ravenswood toward Kenosha Union Pacific / North Ogilvie Terminus Irving Park toward Harvard or McHenry Union Pacific / Northwest
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Deering toward Milwaukee Milwaukee Division Chicago Terminus Jefferson Park toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Maplewood toward Crystal Lake Wisconsin Division

North Line and Northwest Line trains stop on separate platforms, between which is a small parking lot. The Northwest Line section of the station has a side platform for the inbound local track, and an island platform for the bidirectional express track and the outbound local track. The North Line has two side platforms. The busy Kennedy Expressway passes to the west of the Northwest Line tracks and the north branch of the Chicago River is several blocks to the east. There is no ticket agent booth at the station; passengers must buy tickets on the train either online or after boarding.

The station is in a mostly industrial neighborhood, though it is served by Chicago Transit Authority buses.

The vast majority of trains that pass through the station make a scheduled stop there. As of 2014, all 35 weekday inbound trains and 31 of 35 weekday outbound trains on the North Line stop at Clybourn Station. All 32 weekday inbound Northwest Line trains stop at Clybourn, as do 30 out of 33 weekday outbound trains. In addition, all weekend trains on the Northwest Line stop at Clybourn while 2 Saturday and 1 Sunday train each direction skip Clybourn on the North Line.

From Clybourn station, it is possible to take a train as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin and as far west as Harvard, Illinois.

Clybourn is 2.9 miles from Ogilvie Transportation Center, 48.7 miles to Kenosha, and 60.2 miles to Harvard.

As of 2018, Clybourn is the 17th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,674 weekday boardings.[3]

CTA Bus Connections

• 9 Ashland
• X9 Ashland Express
• 73 Armitage

References

1. "Chicago & Northwestern Station at Clybourn". The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader. 28: 859. 1899-11-17. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
2. Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 127–8 & 271.
3. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2019.
4. "Clybourn". Metra. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2015-12-29.