Big Timber Road station

Big Timber Road
Big Timber Road station in July 2024.
General information
Location	2025 Big Timber Road Elgin, IL
Coordinates	42°03′31″N 88°19′40″W / 42.0587°N 88.3278°W / 42.0587; -88.3278
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes; Vendors
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1986
Passengers
2018	699 (average weekday)[1]  11.4%
Rank	75 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Terminus Milwaukee District West Elgin toward Union Station
Proposed services (optional) Preceding station Metra Following station Huntley toward Rockford Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail Optional Union Station Terminus
Track layout Legend Rockford Service (proposed) CPKC Chicago Subdivision continues west MD-W ends Lyle Ave. MD-W to Union Station
Location

Big Timber Road is a commuter railroad station in the Kane County portion of Elgin, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The station is the western terminus of Metra's Milwaukee District West Line. It is 39.8 miles (64.1 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.^[2] In Metra’s zone-based fare system, Big Timber Road is in zone 4. As of 2018, Big Timber Road is the 75th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 699 weekday boardings.^[1] When it opened in 1986 (the same year the Milwaukee Road ceased operations),^[3] the surrounding area mostly consisted of farmland. Since then, numerous residential subdivisions have been built.

Big Timber Road presently does not have service on weekends or holidays. As of February 15, 2024, there are a total of 41 trains serving the station, with 19 inbound trains originating from here and 22 outbound trains terminating here on weekdays. Travel time to Union Station ranges from 1 hour and 7 minutes to 1 hour and 28 minutes, depending on the train.