Downers Grove – Main Street (Metra)

Downers Grove Main Street
Station statistics
Address	5001 Main Street Downers Grove, Illinois
Coordinates	41.7954°N 88.0099°W / 41.7954; -88.0099
Lines	BNSF Railway
Connections	Pace Grove Commuter Shuttle
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	1911
Accessible
Owned by	Village of Downers Grove
Fare zone	E
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Belmont toward Aurora BNSF Railway Fairview Avenue toward Union Station     Former services     Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Aurora toward Denver Main Line Clyde toward Chicago Union Station

Downers Grove-Main Street Station (also known as Downers Grove Station and Main Street Station) is one of three railroad stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Downers Grove, Illinois. The station is at Main Street, 21.1 miles (34.0 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. The local police department is nearby. Parking lots are managed by the Village of Downers Grove.

The station has connections to both Pace Buses, and the Village's own Grove Commuter Shuttle.

This station was the site of the 1947 Zephyr train wreck that killed 3 and injured more than 30.

Bus connections

Pace Bus

• #834 Joliet-Downers Grove

Grove Commuter Shuttle

• North Route
• Southwest Route
• Southeast Route

External links

• Media related to Downers Grove – Main Street (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra – Stations – Downers Grove-Main Street

• Image of Westbound Train @ Downers Grove/Main Street (Metra Railfans)
• 1949 Photo of Station (DigitalPast.org)
• Downer's Grove-Main Street Crossing (Mike's Railroad Crossing Website)
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View