Melrose Park station (Illinois)

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Melrose Park
Melrose Park station in September 2016.
General information
Location	1801 West Main Street Melrose Park, Illinois 60160
Coordinates	41°53′25″N 87°51′21″W / 41.8903°N 87.8557°W / 41.8903; -87.8557
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Accessible	Yes, partial[note 1]
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Passengers
2018	86 (average weekday)[1]  1.1%
Rank	196 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Bellwood toward Elburn Union Pacific West Maywood toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Bellwood toward Geneva Galena Division Maywood toward Chicago
Track layout Legend UP-W west to Elburn 19th Ave. Railroad Ave. UP-W east to Ogilvie
Location

Melrose Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Melrose Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 23 to 29 minutes, depending on the train. As of 2018^[update], Melrose Park is the 196th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 86 weekday boardings.^[1] Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north platform and outbound trains use the south platform. The middle track does not have platform access.

As of February 16, 2024, Melrose Park is served by 43 trains (21 inbound, 22 outbound) on weekdays, by 10 trains (five in each direction) on Saturdays, and by nine trains (five inbound, four outbound) on Sundays and holidays.

Melrose Park was originally built by the Chicago and North Western Railway and acquired by Metra. The station is at Main Street and North 18th Avenue, in Melrose Park's business district. Pace suburban buses stop one block to the west, on Broadway Street, and one block to the north, on West Lake Street.

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