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Villa Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in Villa Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line and lies 17.8 miles (28.6 km) from the eastern terminus.[2] Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie ranges from 43 minutes on local trains to 31 minutes on express trains, with faster times during peak hours. As of 2022, Villa Park 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], Villa Park is the 59th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 870 weekday boardings.[1]

Villa Park
General information
Location	349 North Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park, Illinois 60181
Coordinates	41.8965°N 87.9775°W / 41.8965; -87.9775
Owned by	Village of Villa Park
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	D
History
Opened	1908; 114 years ago (1908)
Rebuilt	1979; 43 years ago (1979)
Passengers
2018	870 (average weekday)[1]  5.1%
Rank	59 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Lombard toward Elburn Union Pacific West Elmhurst toward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Lombard toward Geneva Galena Division Elmhurst toward Chicago

The station is on ground level, at North Ardmore Avenue and West Terrace Street, with parking lots north and south of the tracks. Villa Park's commercial district is centered on Ardmore Ave. and Saint Charles Road, several blocks south of the station. Another Villa Avenue station, which was built by the Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin Railroad in 1929, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[3]

Due to the relatively close proximity to Proviso Yard, Metra trains occasionally must use the middle track to avoid the frequent freight traffic. Because the middle track has no platform, the train’s cab car receives and discharges passengers at the Ardmore Avenue railroad crossing when this does occur.

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Villa Park station
• Villa Park Historical Society Museum — historical photos
• Station from Ardmore Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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