Downers Grove Main Street station

Downers Grove Main Street

Location

5001 Main Street
Downers Grove, Illinois

Coordinates

41°47′43″N 88°00′36″W / 41.7954°N 88.0099°WCoordinates: 41°47′43″N 88°00′36″W / 41.7954°N 88.0099°W

Owned by

Village of Downers Grove

Line(s)

BNSF Railway

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

Pace

Construction

Parking

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1911

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

2,473 (avg. weekday)^[1]

Rank

3 out of 236^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Metra	Following station
Belmont toward Aurora		BNSF Railway	Fairview Avenue toward Chicago Union Station
	Former services
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
Aurora toward Denver		Main Line	Clyde toward Chicago Union Station

Downers Grove Main Street (also known as Downers Grove or Main Street) is one of three railroad stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Downers Grove, Illinois. The station is at Main Street, 21.1 miles (34.0 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.^[3] The local police department is nearby. Parking lots are managed by the Village of Downers Grove.

It is the third busiest Metra station outside of Downtown Chicago, only behind Naperville (second busiest) and Route 59 (busiest).

The station has connections to multiple Pace Buses, including the Commuter Shuttle lines.^[4]

This station was the site of the 1947 Zephyr train wreck that killed 3 and injured more than 30.

The station is currently undergoing a $1.1 million platform replacement project, due for completion in July 2015.^[5]

Many trains on the BNSF run express to or from Downers Grove. This is common during the morning and evening rush hours, in an effort to get passengers to the busier stations quicker.

Bus connections

Pace Bus

461 North Downers Grove^[1]
462 Southwest Downers Grove^[1]
463 Southeast Downers Grove^[1]
834 Joliet/Downers Grove^[1]

References

External links

Media related to Downers Grove – Main Street (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons

Metra – Stations – Downers Grove Main Street

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