Stone Avenue station

Metra train station in La Grange, Illinois, USA
Stone Avenue
General information
Location701 West Burlington Avenue
La Grange, Illinois
Coordinates41°48′51″N 87°52′42″W / 41.8141°N 87.8783°W / 41.8141; -87.8783
Owned byVillage of La Grange
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1901
Rebuilt2010
Passengers
2018946 (average weekday)[1] Decrease 9.6%
Rank55 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Western Springs
toward Aurora
 BNSF La Grange Road
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Western Springs
toward Aurora
 Suburban Service La Grange
toward Chicago
Track layout
Legend
BNSF
east to Union Station
Brainard Ave.
BNSF
west to Aurora
Location
Map

Stone Avenue (also known as La Grange–Stone Avenue) is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in La Grange, Illinois. The station is 14.1 miles (22.7 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Stone Avenue is in zone 3. As of 2018, Stone Avenue is the 55th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 946 weekday boardings.[1] An unstaffed station building is on the south side of the three tracks.

Like the other La Grange Metra station (La Grange Road), La Grange-Stone Avenue is between West Burlington and West Hillgrove Avenues. Stone Avenue, the road for which the station is named, is actually a minor street which terminates at West Burlington Avenue in front of the station, only to begin again at a dead end street south of Bell Avenue. The closest major street to the station is Brainard Avenue. The station is within walking distance of the North Campus of Lyons Township High School. It is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from the main La Grange station.[3]

The station was built in 1901 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, to a Richardsonian Romanesque design by the company's general architect, Walter Theodore Krausch.[4]

As of February 16, 2024, Stone Avenue is served by 13 inbound trains and 11 outbound trains (24 total) on Weekdays, along with 25 trains (11 inbound and 14 outbound) on Saturdays and 19 trains (9 inbound and 10 outbound) on Sundays and Holidays.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  3. ^ Wilson, Jeff (1999). Burlington Route Across the Heartland. Kalmback Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-337-9.
  4. ^ The Railway Age. 1901-01-01.

External links

Media related to Stone Avenue (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons

  • Metra – Stations – Stone Avenue station
  • Image of Eastbound Train @ La Grange/Stone Avenue Station (Metra Railfans)
  • Station from Brainard Avenue from Google Maps Street View
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