Fairview Avenue station (Illinois)

Fairview Avenue is one of three railroad stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Downers Grove, Illinois. The station is 20.3 miles (32.7 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] Though its official address is on Fairview Avenue (hence the name) and Burlington Avenue, the main parking lot is on the south side of the tracks off of nearby Second Street. All parking lots, including the main parking lot are managed by the Village of Downers Grove.

For the station in Saint Paul, Minnesota, see Fairview Avenue station (Metro Transit).

Fairview Avenue
The Fairview Avenue station in September 2016.
LocationFairview & Burlington Avenues
Downers Grove, Illinois
Coordinates41.7954°N 87.9940°W / 41.7954; -87.9940
Owned byVillage of Downers Grove
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneE
History
Opened1917
Traffic
Passengers (2014)425 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank120 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Downers Grove Main Street
toward Aurora
 BNSF Railway Westmont
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Downers Grove Main Street
toward Aurora
 Suburban Service Westmont
toward Chicago

Fairview Avenue station has a colonial barn-type design more akin to railroad stations of the Northeastern United States, such as those on the Long Island Rail Road, and also matching the adjacent Pepperidge Farm bakery. Currently no buses run near the station.

In 1991, a forty-one-year-old woman, Mary T. Wojtyla, was killed at this station after being struck by a westbound Metra express train.[3] The accident was captured on camera by a railfan.

References
  1. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count" (PDF). MetraRail.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. "Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line". Archived from the original on March 12, 2011.
  3. "Train Kills Woman In Downers". Chicago Tribune. Downers Grove, Illinois. August 27, 1991. Retrieved October 21, 2019.


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