Naperville station

Naperville, IL
Bird's-eye view of Naperville station
General information
Location105 East Fourth Avenue
Naperville, Illinois
United States
Coordinates41°46′47″N 88°08′44″W / 41.7796°N 88.1455°W / 41.7796; -88.1455
Owned byCity of Naperville
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished)
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus interchange Pace
Bus interchange Burlington Trailways
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: NPV
Fare zone4 (Metra)
History
Opened1910
Passengers
FY 202325,987 annually[1] (Amtrak)
20184,015 (average weekday)[2]Decrease 2.2% (Metra)
Rank2 out of 236 (Metra)[2]
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Princeton
toward Emeryville
California Zephyr Chicago
Terminus
Mendota Southwest Chief
Plano
toward Quincy
Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg La Grange Road
toward Chicago
Preceding station Metra Following station
Route 59
toward Aurora
BNSF Lisle
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Princeton Desert Wind
Discontinued in 1997
Chicago
Terminus
Aurora
closed 1983
Princeton
toward Seattle
Pioneer
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Eola
toward Aurora
Suburban Service Lisle
toward Chicago
Future services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Plano
toward Moline
Quad Cities
Proposed
La Grange Road
toward Chicago
Location
Map

Naperville is a train station in Naperville, Illinois, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Amtrak trains stopping at the Naperville station include the California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg and Southwest Chief. It is also one of two stations in Naperville that serves Metra's BNSF commuter line, and an abundance of Pace bus routes. Naperville station was originally built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[3] On April 26, 1946, the station was the site of a collision between the CB&Q's Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer. On April 26, 2014, a memorial entitled Tragedy to Triumph was dedicated at the train station. The sculpture by Paul Kuhn is dedicated not only to the crash victims but also to the rescuers at the site.[4]

As of 2018, Naperville has an average of 4,015 weekday boardings for Metra trains. This makes the station the second busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, after Route 59 station.[2] The station served about 27,000 Amtrak passengers in 2022.[5]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Naperville, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  4. ^ Susan Frick Carlman (February 28, 2014). "Anatomy of an art project". Naperville Sun. pp. 1, 6 & 7.
  5. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012 - State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. June 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-17.