Clybourn station

Clybourn
Union Pacific Northwest Line platforms
General information
Location2001 North Ashland Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Coordinates2000 N 1600 W
Owned byUnion Pacific
Platforms1 island platform, 3 side platforms
Tracks3 (UP-NW)
2 (UP-N)
ConnectionsLocal Transit Chicago Transit Authority
Construction
Structure typeSeparate platforms
Platform levelsElevated
ParkingYes; Mostly street-side
Bicycle facilitiesPark on Ashland
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code60639
Fare zone2
History
Opened1900[1][2]
Previous namesClybourn Junction
Passengers
20181,674 (average weekday)[3]Decrease 8.6%
Rank17 out of 236[3]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Ravenswood
toward Kenosha
Union Pacific North Ogilvie
Terminus
Irving Park
toward Harvard or McHenry
Union Pacific Northwest
Former services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Deering
toward Milwaukee
Milwaukee Division Chicago
Terminus
Jefferson Park Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison
Maplewood Wisconsin Division
Location
Map

Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line.[4] It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue (at West Armitage Avenue)[4] and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn is located at Clybourn Junction. The Union Pacific North Line's Kenosha Subdivision begins here, separating from the Union Pacific Northwest Line's Harvard Subdivision. Clybourn Junction was named for its location near Clybourn Place, the home of the Clybourn family, early settlers in the Chicago area.[2] Clybourn is situated between the Bucktown and DePaul neighborhoods, several miles north of downtown Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Clybourn is in zone 2. As of 2018, Clybourn is the 17th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,674 weekday boardings.[3]

North Line and Northwest Line trains stop on separate platforms, between which is a small parking lot. From west to east, the platforms are numbered from 1 to 4. Platform 1 is an island platform, serving Northwest Line trains on the center track in the peak direction, and all outbound trains. Platform 2 is a side platform, serving inbound Northwest Line trains that do not run on the center track. Platforms 3 and 4, which serve the North Line, are side platforms. Platform 3 serves all outbound trains and Platform 4 serves all inbound trains. The busy Kennedy Expressway passes to the west of the Northwest Line tracks, and the north branch of the Chicago River is several blocks to the east. There is no ticket agent booth at the station; passengers must buy tickets on the train either online or after boarding.

The station is in a mostly industrial neighborhood, though it is served by Chicago Transit Authority buses.

On the Union Pacific North Line, as of February 16, 2024, Clybourn is served by all 70 trains (35 in each direction) on weekdays, by 22 trains (11 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. During the summer concert season, the extra weekend train to Ravinia Park also stops here.

On the Union Pacific Northwest Line, as of May 30, 2023, Clybourn is served by 69 trains (34 inbound, 35 outbound) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays and holidays.

From Clybourn station, it is possible to take a train as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin and as far northwest as Harvard, Illinois.

Clybourn is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) from Ogilvie Transportation Center, 48.7 miles (78.4 km) from Kenosha, and 60.2 miles (96.9 km) from Harvard.

  1. ^ "Chicago & Northwestern Station at Clybourn". The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader. 28: 859. 1899-11-17. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. ^ a b Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 127–8 & 271.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Clybourn". Metra. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2015-12-29.