Downers Grove Main Street station

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Downers Grove Main Street
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Location5001 Main Street
Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S.
Coordinates41°47′43″N 88°00′36″W / 41.7954°N 88.0099°W / 41.7954; -88.0099Coordinates: 41°47′43″N 88°00′36″W / 41.7954°N 88.0099°W / 41.7954; -88.0099
Owned byVillage of Downers Grove
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsPace
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneE
History
Opened1911
Passengers
20182,492 (average weekday)[1] Increase 4.9%
Rank6 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metramlogo.svg Metra Following station
Belmont
toward Aurora
 BNSF Fairview Avenue
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Belmont
toward Aurora
 Suburban Service Fairview Avenue
toward Chicago

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, United States. The station is at Main Street, 21.1 miles (34.0 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] As of 2018, Downers Grove Main Street is the sixth busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 2,492 weekday boardings.[1] The local police department and library are nearby. Parking lots are managed by the Village of Downers Grove.

The station has connections to multiple Pace Buses, including the Commuter Shuttle lines.[3]

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

The station went under a $1.1 million platform replacement project, which finished in the summer of 2015.[4]

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[5]
  • 462 Southwest Downers Grove[5]
  • 463 Southeast Downers Grove[5]
  • 834 Joliet/Downers Grove[5]

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 - BNSF Railway Line". Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  3. ^ "Village of Downers Grove - Commuter Shuttle". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[bare URL]
  5. ^ a b c d "- Rail Station: Main Street (Downers Grove)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

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