Melrose Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Melrose Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 23 to 29 minutes, depending on the train. As of 2022, Melrose Park is served by 14 inbound trains and 15 outbound trains on weekdays, by five trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by five inbound trains and four outbound trains on Sundays and holidays. As of 2018^[update], Melrose Park is the 196th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 86 weekday boardings.[1]

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Melrose Park
General information
Location	1801 West Main Street Melrose Park, IL 60160
Coordinates	41.8903°N 87.8557°W / 41.8903; -87.8557
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1956; 66 years ago (1956)
Passengers
2018	86 (average weekday)[1]  1.1%
Rank	196 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Bellwood toward Elburn Union Pacific West Maywood toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Bellwood toward Geneva Galena Division Maywood toward Chicago

Melrose Park was originally built by the Chicago and North Western Railway and acquired by Metra. The station is at Main Street and North 18th Avenue, in Melrose Park's business district. Pace suburban buses stop one block to the west, on Broadway Street, and one block to the north, on West Lake Street.

Bus connections

Pace

• 303 Forest Park/Rosemont
• 309 Lake Street
• 313 St. Charles Road

Gallery

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Melrose Park
• Station from 19th Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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