La Grange Road station

La Grange Road, IL
Location 25 West Burlington Avenue at La Grange Road
La Grange, Illinois
United States
Coordinates 41°48′57″N 87°52′16″W / 41.8157°N 87.8711°W / 41.8157; -87.8711Coordinates: 41°48′57″N 87°52′16″W / 41.8157°N 87.8711°W / 41.8157; -87.8711
Owned by BNSF Railway, Amtrak
Line(s) BNSF Railway Chicago Subdivision
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code LAG
Fare zone C (Metra)
History
Opened 1916
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 12,754[1]Increase 4.7% (Amtrak)
Passengers 1,468 (avg. weekday)[2] (Metra)
Rank 21 out of 236 (Metra)[3]
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Quincy
Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg
Terminus
Metra
toward Aurora
BNSF Railway
  Future services  
Amtrak
toward Moline
Quad Cities
Terminus
  Former services  
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
toward Minneapolis
Minneapolis – St. Paul Line

La Grange Road, or La Grange, is a train station in La Grange, Illinois served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and Metra—along the BNSF Railway commuter line. It is one of two stations in the suburb of La Grange, another station named La Grange – Stone Avenue is .4 miles (0.64 km) away. La Grange is 13.7 miles (22.0 km) from Chicago's Union Station,[4] at 25 West Burlington Avenue between Arcade Place and La Grange Road (U.S. 12-20-45). Parking is available along West Hillgrove and West Burlington Avenues.

Bus connections

Pace

  • 302 Ogden/Stanley[5]
  • 304 Cicero - LaGrange[6]
  • 330 Mannheim - LaGrange Roads[7]

Notes

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  4. Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  5. "Route 302 – Ogden/Stanley". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
  6. "Route 304 – Cicero - LaGrange". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
  7. "Route 330 – Mannheim - LaGrange Roads". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.


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