Hinsdale station explained

Style:Metra
Other:Pace Bus
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Parking:Yes
Opened:1898/1899
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Village of Hinsdale
Zone:3
Former:Brush Hill
Passengers:1,155 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:-0.4
Pass Rank:35 out of 236
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Nrhp:
Embed:yes
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Brush Hill Train Station
Location:Hinsdale, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:41.8028°N -87.9283°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 3daf2c
Zoom:15
Architecture:Renaissance Revival
Added:May 30, 2006[1]
Partof Refnum:06000011

Hinsdale is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Line in Hinsdale, Illinois, and the only one open daily (the other two are only served during rush hours). The station is 16.9miles from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hinsdale is in zone 3. As of 2018, Hinsdale is the 35th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,155 weekday boardings.[3] There is a historic staffed station and commercial use building. Originally known as the Brush Hill Train Station, the depot was designed for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad by staff architect Walter Theodore Krausch, built by Grace & Hyde Company in 1899, and is listed as a contributing building in the Downtown Hinsdale Historic District.[4]

As of April 29, 2024, Hinsdale is served by 30 inbound 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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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204531/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=3 National Register of Historic Places Listings; May 30, 2006
  2. http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmbnsf.html Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  3. Web site: Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018. April 2019. Metra. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf. 26 May 2019.
  4. http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/PDFs/162590.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Hinsdale Historic District