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Bellwood station (Metra)

Coordinates: 41°53′29″N 87°52′57″W / 41.8915°N 87.8826°W / 41.8915; -87.8826
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Bellwood
General information
Location105 Frederick Avenue
Bellwood, IL
Coordinates41°53′29″N 87°52′57″W / 41.8915°N 87.8826°W / 41.8915; -87.8826
Owned byUnion Pacific
Line(s)
Platforms1 Side platform
1 Island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsPace Buses
Construction
Parkingyes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneC
History
Opened1872[citation needed]
Rebuilt1953, 2013[citation needed]
Passengers
2014165 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank178 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Template:Metra lines

Bellwood is a Metra commuter railroad station in Bellwood, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 26 to 33 minutes, depending on the train.

The station is at Frederick Avenue and Erie Street. To the south there is a parking lot and a residential neighborhood of single-family homes. A large freight railroad yard is north of the station. Immediately to the west there is a highway overpass that carries Mannheim Road over the freight yard. Pace suburban buses stop on Mannheim Road and on St. Charles Road, one block to the south of the station.

Bus connections

Pace

  • #313 St. Charles Road
  • #330 Mannheim-LaGrange Roads

References