Naperville station explained

Style:Amtrak
Naperville, IL
Address:105 East Fourth Avenue
Naperville, Illinois
Coordinates:41.7796°N -88.1455°W
Country:United States
Owned:City of Naperville
Line:BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Other: Pace
Burlington Trailways
Platform:2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished)
Tracks:3
Opened:1910
Accessible:Yes
Zone:4 (Metra)
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services2 Header:Future services
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
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Line:none
Marker:rail
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Zoom:15

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.[1] 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.[2]

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 station.[3] The station served about 27,000 Amtrak passengers in 2022.[4]

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Pace

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/NPV/Station_view Naperville, Illinois; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  2. News: Susan Frick Carlman. February 28, 2014. Anatomy of an art project. 1, 6 & 7. Naperville Sun.
  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. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012 - State of Illinois . 2024-02-17 . June 2023 . Amtrak Government Affairs .