Elburn station

{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Elburn, Illinois}}

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

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

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| name={{Metra header|Elburn

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| image=Elburn Station.jpg

| image_caption=Elburn station in October 2016.

| style=Metra

| address=422 East Railroad Avenue, Elburn, Illinois 60119

| coordinates={{coord|41.8906|-88.4640|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}

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| other={{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} [http://www.huskieline.com/ Huskie Bus Line]

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| platform=1 side platform

| levels=

| tracks=3

| parking=300 spaces, $1.25 per day

| bicycle=

| baggage_check=

| passengers=336 (average weekday)

| pass_year=2018

| pass_percent=9.4

|pass_rank=137 out of 236

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| opened= {{start date and age|1854}} (G&CU/C&NW)
{{start date and age|2006|01|23}} (Metra)

| closed= {{start date and age|1959|}} (C&NW)

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| electrified=

| accessible=Yes

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| owned=Union Pacific Railroad

| zone=4

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|other_services_header = Former services

|other_services_collapsible=yes

|other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line1=Main Line|left1=Maple Park|right1=La Fox}}

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Elburn is a station on Metra's Union Pacific West Line located in Elburn, Illinois. The station is the western terminus of the West Line. The station is {{convert|43.8|mi|km}} away from Ogilvie Transportation Center along the railroad tracks.[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmupw.html Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West Line] Elburn station opened on January 23, 2006, when the West Line was extended from {{stl|Metra|Geneva}}. The station is located at ground level. A large coach yard is located just east of the station.{{cite web | title=Metra: Chicago's commuter railroad | first=Matt | last=Van Hattem | date=July 5, 2006 | accessdate=2010-05-01 | publisher=Trains | url=http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=418}} {{As of|2018}}, Elburn is the 137th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 336 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=metrarail.com|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=}}

As of February 16, 2024, Elburn is served by 47 trains (23 inbound, 24 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. All Metra trains that operate this far west originate, or terminate, at Elburn.

The first station in Elburn was established in 1854 with the arrival of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. This later merged into the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) and was on the Omaha–Chicago main line.{{cite web|url=https://www.up.com/aboutup/train_town/elburn_il/index.htm|title=Elburn, IL|publisher=Union Pacific Railroad|accessdate=March 29, 2020}} The C&NW eventually merged into the Union Pacific Railroad, the current operator of the line, in 1995.