| Style: | Metra | ||||||||||
| Address: | 420 North Artesian Avenue, near Grand Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60612 | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 3 | ||||||||||
| Parking: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 836 (average weekday) | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Pass Percent: | 1.5 | ||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 61 out of 236 | ||||||||||
| Opened: | 1900 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | true | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Metra | ||||||||||
| Zone: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Map State: | collapsed | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Western Avenue is the name of a railroad station owned by Metra, located in the West Town community area[1] of Chicago, Illinois near Western Avenue. The station is 2.9miles away from Union Station, the inbound terminus of the line.[2] Western Avenue station serves the Milwaukee District West Line, North Central Service, and Milwaukee District North Line, and is the last inbound stop for these three lines before the terminus at Union Station. Although it is not a station stop, Amtrak's Hiawatha Service, Borealis, and the Empire Builder also pass through here. The station was previously used by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Located near the station are the California Coach Yard, and the Western Avenue Rail Yard, the latter of which host to Metra's remaining EMD F40Cs. Just southeast of the station platforms is a diamond where the Milwaukee Road Metra routes cross the tracks of the Union Pacific West Line to Ogilvie Transportation Center, then turn to run parallel to them. This goes on for about a mile before they split, as the West Line tracks continue to Ogilvie. The junction is controlled by the nearby A-2 tower.
As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 61st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 836 weekday boardings.[3]
Western Avenue is served by a total of 117 Metra trains on weekdays, by 44 trains on Saturdays, and by 36 trains on Sundays and holidays. This includes all inbound trains from the three lines, as well as all outbound trains save for one outbound Milwaukee District North Line train on weekdays.[4] [5] [6]