Melrose Park station (Illinois)
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Location | 1801 West Main Street Melrose Park, Illinois 60160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°53′25″N 87°51′21″W / 41.8903°N 87.8557°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Union Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Pace Buses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes, partial[note 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 86 (average weekday)[1] 1.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 196 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melrose Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Melrose Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 23 to 29 minutes, depending on the train. As of 2018[update], Melrose Park is the 196th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 86 weekday boardings.[1] Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north platform and outbound trains use the south platform. The middle track does not have platform access.
As of February 16, 2024, Melrose Park is served by 43 trains (21 inbound, 22 outbound) on weekdays, by 10 trains (five in each direction) on Saturdays, and by nine trains (five inbound, four outbound) on Sundays and holidays.
Melrose Park was originally built by the Chicago and North Western Railway and acquired by Metra. The station is at Main Street and North 18th Avenue, in Melrose Park's business district. Pace suburban buses stop one block to the west, on Broadway Street, and one block to the north, on West Lake Street.
Bus connections
- 303 Forest Park/Rosemont
- 309 Lake Street
- 313 St. Charles Road
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References
- ^ At partially accessible stations, customers using mobility devices can access and use trains; however, the stations may not have other accessibility features such as accessible bathrooms, Braille signage, visual display announcements, etc.
- ^ a b c "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.
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