Elburn station

Elburn is a station on Metra's Union Pacific West Line located in Elburn, Illinois. The station is the western terminus of the West Line. The station is 43.8 miles (70.5 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center along the railroad tracks.^[2] Elburn station opened on January 23, 2006, when the West Line was extended from Geneva. The station is located at ground level. A large coach yard is located just east of the station.^[3] As of 2018^[update], Elburn is the 137th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 336 weekday boardings.^[1]

Elburn
Elburn station in October 2016.
General information
Location	422 East Railroad Avenue, Elburn, Illinois 60119
Coordinates	41.8906°N 88.4640°W / 41.8906; -88.4640
Owned by	Union Pacific Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Huskie Bus Line
Construction
Parking	300 spaces, $1.25 per day
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1854; 171 years ago (1854) (G&CU/C&NW) January 23, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-01-23) (Metra)
Closed	1959; 66 years ago (1959) (C&NW)
Passengers
2018	336 (average weekday)[1]  9.4%
Rank	137 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Terminus Union Pacific West La Fox toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Maple Park toward Omaha Main Line La Fox toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP Geneva Subdivision continues west UP-W ends to rail yard UP-W to Ogilvie
Location

As of February 16, 2024, Elburn is served by 47 trains (23 inbound, 24 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. All Metra trains that operate this far west originate, or terminate, at Elburn.

The first station in Elburn was established in 1854 with the arrival of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. This later merged into the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) and was on the Omaha–Chicago main line.^[4] The C&NW eventually merged into the Union Pacific Railroad, the current operator of the line, in 1995.

Transportation

Huskie Bus Line

• Elburn Shuttle Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine

Taxis

• One Choice Cab

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 May 2019.
2. Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West Line
3. Van Hattem, Matt (July 5, 2006). "Metra: Chicago's commuter railroad". Trains. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
4. "Elburn, IL". Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

External links

• Media related to Elburn (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra – Stations – Elburn station