Elmhurst station (Illinois)

Elmhurst is a Metra commuter railroad station in downtown Elmhurst, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line, and lies 15.7 miles (25.3 km) from the eastern terminus.[2] Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie ranges from 39 minutes on local trains to 26 minutes on express trains, as there are some trains that go non-stop between Elmhurst and Chicago. Evening peak trains make the run between Ogilvie and Elmhurst in as little as 24 minutes. Some weekday outbound trains end their trips at Elmhurst. As of 2018, Elmhurst is the 4th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 2,540 weekday boardings.[1]

Elmhurst
Location128 West 1st Street
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Coordinates41.8998°N 87.9408°W / 41.8998; -87.9408
Owned byCity of Elmhurst
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsPace
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneD
History
Opened1890
Rebuilt1990
Traffic
Passengers (2018)2,540 (average weekday [1]  8.4%
Rank4 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Villa Park
toward Elburn
 Union Pacific / West Berkeley
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Villa Park
toward Geneva
 Galena Division Berkeley
toward Chicago

The station is on ground level, on York Street between 1st Street and Park Avenue. Elmhurst College and Wilder Park Conservatory are both several blocks away. Pace suburban buses stop on York Street and on 1st Street. The station is just a few blocks west of Union Pacific's Proviso railroad yard.

Bus connections

Pace

  • 309 Lake Street
  • 332 River Road - York Road
  • Elmhurst station circa 1890.
  • Wide shot of the south side of the station.
  • A picture of the windowfront of Pilot Pete's, a concession stand within the station.
  • A platform sign at Elmhurst station.
  • The entrance/exit to a pedestrian underpass that leads to the opposite site of the tracks.

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 July 2019.
  2. "Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West Line". Archived from the original on May 7, 2010.


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