Western Avenue (also known as Western Avenue & 18th Place) is a station 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 ...

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located in Pilsen neighborhood of

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. 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.

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and

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

trains run on tracks parallel to the station. The station is away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line.Railfan tips- Metra BNSF Line
/ref> As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 208th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 57 weekday boardings. Western Avenue station is located near the Pink Line 'L' station, as well as the station on the Blue Line's Congress branch. It is also located near an overpass for

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and the

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

and a BNSF Railway yard.

Bus connections

CTA *18 16th/18th *49 Western (Owl Service) *X49 Western Express (weekday rush hours only)

References

External links

Western Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Metra stations in Chicago Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905 Lower West Side, Chicago {{Chicago-railstation-stub