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The BNSF Line is a Metra commuter rail line operated by the BNSF Railway in Chicago and its western suburbs, running from Chicago Union Station to Aurora, Illinois through the Chicago Subdivision. In 2010, the BNSF Line continued to have the highest weekday ridership (average 64,600) of the 11 Metra lines. [ 3 ]
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, [2] [3] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern ...
According to the Dynamic Depot Maps website, Harlem Avenue station was originally built in 1890 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. [3] As of April 29, 2024, 25 inbound and 26 outbound trains (51 total) serve Harlem Avenue on Weekdays. 16 inbound and 17 outbound (33 total) stop here on Weekends and Holidays.
These three railroads eventually merged into the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The Illinois Zephyr is a descendant of the Kansas City Zephyr and American Royal Zephyr passenger train routes operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from 1953 until 1968 and 1971, respectively.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot or Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Station is the name of several railway stations or depots, including: Any one of many railroad stations of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
When Amtrak took over service, it rerouted the train to run between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul through Milwaukee via the Milwaukee Road. [4] Both Burlington Northern and Great Northern at the time also used to operate west from the Twin Cities before turning northwest in Willmar, Minnesota, to reach Fargo.
Metra commuter rail service to Chicago via the BNSF Railway Line terminates at the Aurora Transportation Center, but this is at the end of a spur parallel to the main line. There was an old train station on Broadway (Route 25) about a mile south of the Aurora Transportation Center, but it was demolished in 2013, following damage from a ...
Amtrak and BNSF Railway trains run on tracks parallel to the station. The station is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line. [ 2 ] As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 208th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 57 weekday boardings.