Villa Park station

Villa Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Villa Park, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line and lies 17.8 miles (28.6 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 43 minutes on local trains to 31 minutes on express trains, with faster times during peak hours. As of 2018, Villa Park is the 59th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 870 weekday boardings.[1]

Villa Park
Location349 North Ardmore Ave.
Villa Park, Illinois
Coordinates41.8965°N 87.9775°W / 41.8965; -87.9775
Owned byVillage of Villa Park
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneD
History
Opened1908
Rebuilt1979
Traffic
Passengers (2018)870 (average weekday)[1]  5.1%
Rank59 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Lombard
toward Elburn
 Union Pacific / West Elmhurst
toward Ogilvie
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Lombard
toward Geneva
 Galena Division Elmhurst
toward Chicago

The station is on ground level, at N. Ardmore Ave. and W. Terrace St., with parking lots north and south of the tracks. Villa Park's commercial district is centered on Ardmore Ave. and Saint Charles Road, several blocks south of the station. Another Villa Avenue Station, which was built by the Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin Railroad in 1929, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[3]

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
  3. DuPage County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places


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