Elmhurst (Metra)

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This article is about a railway station in Illinois. For the subway station in Queens, New York, see 90th Street-Elmhurst Avenue (IRT Flushing Line).

Elmhurst
Metra regional rail

Station statistics

Address

128 W. 1st Street at York Road
Elmhurst, IL

Lines

Union Pacific/West

Connections

Pace Buses

Other information

Fare zone

Elmhurst is a Metra commuter railroad station in downtown Elmhurst, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line, and lies 15.7 miles (25.3 km) from the eastern terminus. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie ranges from 39 minutes on local trains to 26 minutes on express trains, as there are some trains that go non-stop between Elmhurst and Chicago. Evening peak trains make the run between Ogilvie and Elmhurst in as little as 24 minutes.

The station is on ground level, on York Street between 1st Street and Park Avenue. Elmhurst College and Wilder Park Conservatory are both several blocks away. Pace suburban buses stop on York Street and on 1st Street.