Clarendon Hills station

Clarendon Hills
Clarendon Hills Station in May 2024
General information
Location1 South Prospect Avenue
Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Coordinates41°47′50″N 87°57′13″W / 41.7971°N 87.9535°W / 41.7971; -87.9535
Owned byMetra
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsPace Buses
Construction
AccessibleYes, partial[note 1]
Other information
Fare zone3
Passengers
2018799 (average weekday)[1]Decrease 0.9%
Rank66 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Westmont
toward Aurora
BNSF West Hinsdale
Weekday Limited
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Westmont
toward Aurora
Suburban Service West Hinsdale
toward Chicago
Location
Map

Clarendon Hills is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. The station is 18.3 rail miles (29.5 km) from Chicago Union Station, the east end of Metra service on this line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Clarendon Hills is in zone 3. As of 2018, Clarendon Hills is the 66th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 799 weekday boardings.[1]

The inbound station building (south of the tracks) was staffed until June 11, 2018. It later was replaced with an unmanned building.[3] Groundbreaking was on Jan 6, 2020; ribbon-cutting was on Nov 7, 2022. The outbound side has only two small covered shelters, one of which also provides bicycle racks and the other is a weather-protected warming center.[4] Clarendon Hills' central business district is directly southwest of the station.

As of April 29, 2024, Clarendon Hills is served by 30 inbound trains and 27 outbound trains (57 total) on Weekdays along with 33 trains (16 inbound and 17 outbound) on Weekends and Holidays.


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  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
  3. ^ "Clarendon Hills Downtown Revitalization to Feature Community-sensitive Train Station". Legat Architects. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ^ Lassen, David (January 3, 2023). "Railfanning Chicago: Clarendon Hills". Trains Newsletter. Kalmbach. Retrieved 2023-01-10.