Clybourn station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{distinguish|text=North/Clybourn station on the CTA Red Line}}

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| name = {{Metra header|Clybourn

| icon={{ric|Metra|upn}} {{ric|Metra|upnw}}}}

| type =

| image = Inbound Northwest Line platform at Clybourn (50255916061).jpg

| image_caption = Union Pacific Northwest Line platforms

| style = Metra

| address = 2001 North Ashland Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60614

| coordinates = 2000 N 1600 W

| line =

| other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Chicago Transit Authority

| structure = Separate platforms

| platform = 1 island platform, 3 side platforms

| levels = Elevated

| tracks = 3 (UP-NW)
2 (UP-N)

| parking = Yes; Mostly street-side

| bicycle = Park on Ashland

| passengers = 1,674 (average weekday)

| pass_year = 2018

| pass_percent = -8.6

| pass_system =

| opened = 1900{{cite journal|journal=The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader|date=1899-11-17|volume=28|page=859|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SM5LAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-12-29|title=Chicago & Northwestern Station at Clybourn}}{{cite book|last1=Currey|first1=Josiah Seymour|title=Chicago: Its History and Its Builders|url=https://archive.org/details/chicagoitshisto00currgoog|date=1912|publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|location=Chicago|pages=[https://archive.org/details/chicagoitshisto00currgoog/page/n155 127]–8 & 271}}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified =

| accessible = No

| code = 60639

| owned = Union Pacific

| zone = 2

| former = Clybourn Junction

| pass_rank = 17 out of 236

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Metra

|line1=Union Pacific/North|left1=Ravenswood|right1=Ogilvie

|line2=Union Pacific/Northwest|left2=Irving Park|right2=Ogilvie

}}

|other_services_header = Former services

|other_services_collapsible=yes

|other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway

|line2=Milwaukee Division|left2=Deering|right2=Chicago

|line3=Chicago-Minneapolis via Madison|left3=Jefferson Park|right3=Chicago

|line4=Wisconsin Division|left4=Maplewood|right4=Chicago

}}

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Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line.{{cite web|title=Clybourn|url=http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.CLYBOURN.html|website=Metra|accessdate=2015-12-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228124606/http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-n/station.CLYBOURN.html|archivedate=2015-12-28}} It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue (at West Armitage Avenue) and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn is located at Clybourn Junction. The Union Pacific North Line's Kenosha Subdivision begins here, separating from the Union Pacific Northwest Line's Harvard Subdivision. Clybourn Junction was named for its location near Clybourn Place, the home of the Clybourn family, early settlers in the Chicago area. Clybourn is situated between the Bucktown and DePaul neighborhoods, several miles north of downtown Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Clybourn is in zone 2. As of 2018, Clybourn is the 17th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,674 weekday boardings.{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}

North Line and Northwest Line trains stop on separate platforms, between which is a small parking lot. From west to east, the platforms are numbered from 1 to 4. Platform 1 is an island platform, serving Northwest Line trains on the center track in the peak direction, and all outbound trains. Platform 2 is a side platform, serving inbound Northwest Line trains that do not run on the center track. Platforms 3 and 4, which serve the North Line, are side platforms. Platform 3 serves all outbound trains and Platform 4 serves all inbound trains. The busy Kennedy Expressway passes to the west of the Northwest Line tracks, and the north branch of the Chicago River is several blocks to the east. There is no ticket agent booth at the station; passengers must buy tickets on the train either online or after boarding.

The station is in a mostly industrial neighborhood, though it is served by Chicago Transit Authority buses.

On the Union Pacific North Line, as of February 16, 2024, Clybourn is served by all 70 trains (35 in each direction) on weekdays, by 22 trains (11 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. During the summer concert season, the extra weekend train to {{stl|Metra|Ravinia Park}} also stops here.

On the Union Pacific Northwest Line, as of May 30, 2023, Clybourn is served by 69 trains (34 inbound, 35 outbound) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays and holidays.

From Clybourn station, it is possible to take a train as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin and as far northwest as Harvard, Illinois.

Clybourn is {{convert|2.9|mi|km}} from Ogilvie Transportation Center, {{convert|48.7|mi|km}} from Kenosha, and {{convert|60.2|mi|km}} from Harvard.