Elgin station (Illinois)

Elgin

A Metra train in Elgin
Location 109 West Chicago Street
Elgin, Illinois 60120
Coordinates 42°02′10″N 88°17′10″W / 42.0362°N 88.2861°W / 42.0362; -88.2861Coordinates: 42°02′10″N 88°17′10″W / 42.0362°N 88.2861°W / 42.0362; -88.2861
Owned by City of Elgin
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms (one platform acts like an island platform)
Tracks 4 (2 end at the station)
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone H
History
Opened 1947
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Terminus
Milwaukee District West

Elgin is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Elgin, Illinois. The station is 36.6 miles (58.9 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Elgin is in zone H.

Beginning in 2015, The Elgin Metra station will also serve as a stop on the revival of Black Hawk Amtrak service between Chicago, Rockford and Dubuque.[2] The original proposal for the route was to have a station in South Elgin.

Weekend trains on the Milwaukee District West terminate here.

Notable places nearby

Bus connections

Pace "Route 541 – Northeast Elgin". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 542 – Grove". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 543 – Dundee-Carpentersville". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 544 – Chicago Street". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 546 – Orange-Walnut". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 547 – Wing Park". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 548 – Highland". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 549 – South Randall". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 550 – Big Timber - North Randall". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 552 – North State - Spring Hill Mall". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 554 – Elgin/ Streamwood/ Hoffman Estates/ Schaumburg". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 801 – Elgin-Geneva". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service. 

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