Route 59 (Metra)

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Route 59 Metra regional rail
Station statistics
Address	1090 North Route 59 Naperville, IL
Lines	BNSF Railway
Connections	Pace (transit)
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Parking	Yes
Other information
Accessible
Fare zone	G

Route 59 Station is one of two Metra stations along the BNSF Railway Line in Naperville, Illinois. The station is named for and located on Illinois Route 59 in order to distinguish itself from Naperville Metra Station to the east. Each day, nearly 5,800 people board Metra trains at the Route 59 Station.^[1] Route 59 is 31.6 miles (51 km) away from the BNSF Railway Line's eastern terminus at Union Station. ^[2]

The station house is two-stories high and located on the railroad embankment of the south parking lot on Meridian Lakes Road, which has direct access to Route 59. The north parking lot between Weston Ridge Road and Railway Drive. Fairway Drive leads to this parking lot from North Aurora Road, and has on-street parking between North Aurora Road and Continental Avenue. Route 59 drivers on the north side of the tracks need to take North Aurora Road for access to the north parking lot.

Route 59 station is the last stop before the terminus of the BNSF line at the Aurora Transportation Center.

[edit] Pace Connections

• 534: Fox Valley Villages / Rt 59 Metra Station
• 673: Fort Hill Express
• 675: Route 59 Express

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Metra - Route 59 Station

Preceding station		Metra		Following station
Aurora Terminus		BNSF Railway		Naperville toward Union Station