Naperville station
Naperville, IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 105 East Fourth Avenue Naperville, Illinois United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°46′47″N 88°08′44″W / 41.7796°N 88.1455°WCoordinates: 41°46′47″N 88°08′44″W / 41.7796°N 88.1455°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Naperville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Chicago Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: NPV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | F (Metra) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 40,902 annually[1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 4,015 (average weekday)[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 2 out of 236 (Metra)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naperville is a train station in Naperville, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Amtrak trains stopping at the Naperville station include the California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg and Southwest Chief. It is also one of two stations in Naperville that serves Metra's BNSF Railway commuter line, and an abundance of Pace bus routes. Naperville station was originally built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[3] On April 26, 1946, the station was the site of a collision between the CB&Q's Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer. On April 26, 2014, a memorial entitled Tragedy to Triumph was dedicated at the train station. The sculpture by Paul Kuhn is dedicated not only to the crash victims but also to the rescuers at the site.[4]
As of 2018, Naperville has an average of 4,015 weekday boardings for Metra trains. This makes the station the second busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, after Route 59.[2] The station also serves 53,000 Amtrak passengers annually.[5]
Bus connections[]
- 530 West Galena–Naperville Metra Station
- 714 College of DuPage–Naperville–Wheaton Connector
- 722 Ogden Avenue
Notes[]
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Naperville, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- ^ Susan Frick Carlman (February 28, 2014). "Anatomy of an art project". Naperville Sun. pp. 1, 6 & 7.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
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External links[]
Media related to Naperville station at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak stations in Illinois
- Metra stations in Illinois
- Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations
- Buildings and structures in Naperville, Illinois
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910
- Transportation in Naperville, Illinois
- Railway stations in DuPage County, Illinois
- Bus stations in Illinois