Western Avenue station (BNSF Railway)

Western Avenue (also known as Western Avenue & 18th Place) is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains. The station has no station house, though shelters are provided. Amtrak and BNSF Railway trains run on tracks parallel to the station. The station is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line.[2] As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 208th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 57 weekday boardings.[1]

Western Avenue
Western Avenue station in September 2009.
General information
Location	Western Avenue and 18th Place Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41.8578°N 87.6853°W / 41.8578; -87.6853
Owned by	BNSF
Line(s)	BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	CTA Bus
Construction
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	1905
Rebuilt	1978
Passengers
2018	57 (average weekday)[1]  26.7%
Rank	208 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Cicero toward Aurora BNSF Halsted Street Weekday Limited toward Union Station
Former services Preceding station Burlington Route Following station Cicero toward Aurora Suburban Service Halsted Street toward Chicago
Track layout BNSF west to Aurora Western Ave. Rail yard BNSF east to Union Station
Location

Fifty-five trains (27 inbound and 28 outbound) serve Western Avenue & 18th Place on weekdays. On Saturdays, it is served by 22 trains (eleven in each direction) and 16 trains (seven outbound and nine inbound) on Sundays.

Western Avenue station is located near the Western Pink Line 'L' station, as well as the Western station on the Blue Line's Congress branch. It is also located near an overpass for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway and a BNSF Railway yard.