Elmhurst station (Illinois)

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Elmhurst
Elmhurst station in April 2016.
General information
Location	128 West 1st Street Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Coordinates	41°53′59″N 87°56′27″W / 41.8998°N 87.9408°W / 41.8998; -87.9408
Owned by	City of Elmhurst
Line(s)	Union Pacific West Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1894; 130 years ago (1894)[citation needed]
Rebuilt	1965; 59 years ago (1965) 1989; 35 years ago (1989)[1]
Original company	Chicago & North Western Railroad
Passengers
2018	2,540 (average weekday [2]  8.4%
Rank	4 out of 236[2]
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
Track layout Legend UP-W west to Elburn Cottage Hill Ave. Addison Ave. 1st St. York St. Park Ave. Palmer Dr. UP-W east to Ogilvie
Location

Elmhurst is a Metra commuter railroad station in downtown Elmhurst, Illinois, 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.^[3] 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. As of 2018^[update], Elmhurst is the fourth busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 2,540 weekday boardings.^[2] Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains (except inbound train no. 38) use the north platform and outbound trains (and train no. 38) use the south platform.

As of February 16, 2024, Elmhurst is served by all 58 trains (29 in each direction) 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.

The station is on ground level, on York Street between 1st Street and Park Avenue. Elmhurst University 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. Due to the relatively close proximity to the railroad yard, Metra trains occasionally must use the middle track to avoid the frequent freight traffic. Because the middle track has no platform, the train's cab car receives and discharges passengers at the York Street railroad crossing when this does occur.