Western Avenue station (BNSF Railway)

Western Avenue

Location

Western Avenue and 18th Place
Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

41°51′28″N 87°41′07″W / 41.8578°N 87.6853°WCoordinates: 41°51′28″N 87°41′07″W / 41.8578°N 87.6853°W

Owned by

BNSF

Line(s)

BNSF Railway

Platforms

1 side platform, 1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

CTA Bus

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1905

Rebuilt

1978

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

78 (avg. weekday)^[1]

Rank

209 out of 236^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Metra	Following station
Cicero toward Aurora		BNSF Railway	Halsted Street toward Chicago Union Station
Chicago "L"
California toward 54th/Cermak		Pink Line Transfer at: Western	Damen toward The Loop (Clark/Lake)
	Former services
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
La Grange toward Minneapolis		Minneapolis – St. Paul Line	Chicago Union Station Terminus

Western Avenue (also known as Western Avenue & 18th Place) is a station on Metra's BNSF Railway Line located in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains. The station has no station house, though shelters are provided. Amtrak and BNSF Railway trains run on tracks parallel to the station. The station is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) away from Union Station along the railroad tracks.^[3]

Western Avenue station is located near the Western station on the Cermak Branch of Chicago 'L''s Pink Line, as well as Western on the Blue Line's Congress branch. It is also located near an overpass for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway and a BNSF Railway yard.

Bus connections

CTA

18 16th/18th
49 Western (Owl Service)
X49 Western Express (weekday rush hours only)

References

External links

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