Riverside station (Illinois)

Riverside

Location 90 Bloomingbank Road
Riverside, Illinois
Coordinates 41°49′38″N 87°49′12″W / 41.8272°N 87.8201°W / 41.8272; -87.8201Coordinates: 41°49′38″N 87°49′12″W / 41.8272°N 87.8201°W / 41.8272; -87.8201
Owned by Village of Riverside
Line(s)
  BNSF Railway
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone C
History
Opened 1902
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 501 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank 101 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Aurora
BNSF Railway

Riverside is a station on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Riverside, Illinois. The station is 11 miles (18 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Riverside is in zone C. A staffed station building is on the south side of the three tracks.

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

References

  1. ↑ http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
  2. ↑ http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
  3. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  4. ↑ The Railway Age. 1901-01-01.
Riverside Train Station and Water Tower
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