Bensenville station

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Bensenville
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Location110 West Main Street
Bensenville, Illinois
Coordinates41°57′25″N 87°56′30″W / 41.9569°N 87.9418°W / 41.9569; -87.9418Coordinates: 41°57′25″N 87°56′30″W / 41.9569°N 87.9418°W / 41.9569; -87.9418
Owned byMetra
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneD
History
Rebuilt1989
Passengers
2018414 (average weekday)[1] Increase 16%
Rank115 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metramlogo.svg Metra Following station
Wood Dale
toward Big Timber Road
 Milwaukee District West Mannheim
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Wooddale
towards Elgin
 Suburban Service
West Line
 Mannheim
towards Chicago

Bensenville is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Bensenville, Illinois. The station is 17.2 miles (27.7 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Bensenville is in zone D. As of 2018, Bensenville is the 115th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 414 weekday boardings.[1]

Bensenville station is actually located on the south side of Main Street across from the railroad tracks. A wide at-grade pedestrian crosswalk provides access between West Main Street and the station. Parking is available along the south side of West Main Street west of Addison Street, but also behind the station house at the intersection of Center & Railroad Streets. Canadian Pacific's Bensenville Yard is east of the station.

Bus connections[]

Pace

  • "Route 319 – Grand Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
  • "Route 332 – River Road/York Road". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

Gallery[]

  • Train approaching the station in the evening.

  • An east to west view of the station during the early evening.

  • An outbound train towards Elgin stopped at the Bensenville Metra station.

  • An outbound train towards Elgin stopped at the Bensenville Metra station.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West

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