Hinsdale is one of three stations on

Metra Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. I ...

BNSF Line The BNSF Line (also known informally as the "Racetrack") is a Metra commuter rail line operated by the BNSF Railway in Chicago and its western suburbs. In 2010, the BNSF Line continued to have the highest weekday ridership (average 64,600) of t ...

Hinsdale, Illinois Hinsdale is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago. The population was 17,395 at the 2020 census, most of whom lived in DuPage County. The town's ZIP code is 60521. The town ...

, and the only one open daily (the other two are only served during rush hours). The station is from

Union Station A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...

, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hinsdale is in zone D. As of 2018, Hinsdale is the 35th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,155 weekday boardings. There is a historic staffed station and commercial use building. Originally known as the Brush Hill Train Station, the depot was designed for the

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illin ...

by staff architect Walter Theodore Krausch, built by Grace & Hyde Company in 1899, and is listed as a contributing building in the

Downtown Hinsdale Historic District The Downtown Hinsdale Historic District is a set of seventy-three buildings and one park in Hinsdale, Illinois, Hinsdale, Illinois. History The region was platted by William Robbins, the founder of Hinsdale, in 1865. The Chicago, Burlington an ...

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Hinsdale, Illinois Railroad Crossings (Mike's Railroad Crossing Website)Flickr PhotoStation from Garfield Avenue from Google Maps Street ViewStation from Washington Street from Google Maps Street View
Metra stations in Illinois Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations Hinsdale, Illinois Historic district contributing properties in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in DuPage County, Illinois Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Railway stations in DuPage County, Illinois Railway stations in the United States opened in 1899 {{Illinois-railstation-stub