Geneva is a Metra commuter railroad station in Geneva, Illinois, served by Metra's Union Pacific West Line. The station is 35.5 miles (57.1 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare structure, Geneva is in zone H. As of 2022, Geneva is served by all 20 trains in each direction on weekdays, by all 10 trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in each direction on Sundays and holidays. As of 2018[update], Geneva is the 14th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,742 weekday boardings.[1]
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Location | 328 Crescent Place Geneva, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41.8817°N 88.3100°W / 41.8817; -88.3100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Geneva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 Side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | H | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1882; 140 years ago (1882)[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1931; 91 years ago (1931),[citation needed] 1988; 34 years ago (1988)[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 1,742 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 14 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station consists of two side platforms and a waiting room, with a ticket agent booth staffed on weekday mornings. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and west to Elburn, Illinois. Until the line's extension to Elburn on January 23, 2006, Geneva was the western terminus of the Union Pacific West Line.
Until 2006 and the line's extension, half of the weekend trains started at West Chicago. Since then, all those trains were moved to Elburn, leaving all trains to serve Geneva.
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