Naperville station

Naperville is a train station in Naperville, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Amtrak trains stopping at the Naperville station include the California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg and Southwest Chief. It is also one of two stations in Naperville that serves Metra's BNSF Railway commuter line, and an abundance of Pace bus routes. Naperville station was originally built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[4] On April 26, 1946, the station was the site of a collision between the CB&Q's Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer.

Naperville, IL
Location	105 East Fourth Avenue Naperville, Illinois United States
Coordinates	41.7796°N 88.1455°W / 41.7796; -88.1455
Owned by	City of Naperville
Line(s)	BNSF Railway Chicago Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished)
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses Burlington Trailways
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NPV (Amtrak)
Fare zone	F (Metra)
History
Opened	1910
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	49,915 (Amtrak)[1] 4,002 (avg. weekday) (Metra)[2]
Rank	2 out of 236[3] (Metra)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Princeton toward Emeryville California Zephyr Chicago Terminus Mendota toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Plano toward Quincy Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg La Grange Road toward Chicago Preceding station Metra Following station Route 59 toward Aurora BNSF Railway Lisle toward Union Station
Former and future services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Future services Plano toward Moline Quad Cities Proposed La Grange toward Chicago Former services Princeton toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Discontinued in 1997 Chicago Terminus Preceding station Burlington Route Following station Eola toward Aurora Suburban Service Lisle toward Chicago

About 4,100 people board Metra trains at the Naperville station daily, making it the second busiest Metra station on the system outside Downtown Chicago (only behind Route 59).[5] The station serves 53,000 Amtrak passengers annually.[6]

Bus connections

Pace

• 530 West Galena–Naperville Metra Station
• 676 Warrenville–Naperville Metra Station
• 677 Brighton Ridge–Naperville Metra Station
• 678 River Woods–Naperville Metra Station
• 680 Brookwood Trace–Naperville Metra Station
• 681 Lincoln Park–Naperville Metra Station
• 682 Brookdale–Naperville Metra Station
• 683 Ashbury–Naperville Metra Station
• 684 Winchester–Naperville Metra Station
• 685 Ivy Ridge–Naperville Metra Station
• 687 Maplebrook East–Naperville Metra Station
• 689 Century Hill–Naperville Metra Station
• 714 College of DuPage–Naperville–Wheaton Connector
• 722 Ogden Avenue

Notes

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Naperville, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
5. On the Bi-Level, October 2007.
6. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/ILLINOIS13.pdf

External links

Media related to Naperville station at Wikimedia Commons

• Naperville, IL – Amtrak

• Metra – Stations – Naperville station
• Naperville Amtrak & Metra Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• Station from Google Maps Street View
• Naperville (NPV)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)