Naperville station

Naperville
Inbound Metra train arrives at Naperville.
General information
Location	105 East Fourth Avenue Naperville, IL 60540 United States
Coordinates	41.7796°N 88.1455°W / 41.7796; -88.1455
Owned by	City of Naperville
Line(s)	BNSF Railway
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished)
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Buses Burlington Trailways
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	NPV
Fare zone	F (Metra)
History
Opened	1910
Passengers
2014	49,915 (Amtrak) 4,002 (avg. weekday) (Metra)
Rank	2 out of 236 (Metra)
Services
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Location Naperville Location within Illinois

Naperville is a train station in Naperville, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Amtrak trains stopping at the Naperville station include the California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg and Southwest Chief. It is also one of two stations in Naperville that serves Metra's BNSF Railway commuter line, and an abundance of Pace bus routes. Naperville Station was originally built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. On April 26, 1946, the station was the site of a collision between the CB&Q's Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer.

About 4,100 people board Metra trains at the Naperville station daily, making it the second busiest Metra station on the system outside Downtown Chicago (only behind Route 59). The station serves roughly 53,000 Amtrak passengers annually.

Trails & Rails and APRHF Rail Rangers program

Between May 18, 2013 and July 19, 2015, volunteer rangers with the National Park Service provided commentary for train passengers between Chicago, Illinois and La Plata, Missouri on Amtrak's Southwest Chief, including through Naperville. This Trails & Rails program was a partnership between Amtrak, the National Park Service, Texas A&M University, and the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) in La Plata, Missouri. Volunteers were on board for two round-trips per week during the busy summer and winter holiday travel periods. Despite volunteers no longer being on the train, the reference manual used by Trails & Rails volunteers is still available for passengers at Outside The Rails. After the National Park Service ended its partnership with the APRHF in July 2015, the APRHF launched its Rail Rangers program, which continues to provide a similar service on private railroad car excursions across the Midwestern United States, including through Naperville on the BNSF line.

Bus connections

Pace

• 530 West Galena–Westfield Shoppingtown Fox Valley Center–Naperville
• 676 Cress Creek
• 677 Naperville–West Glens
• 678 Naperville–Carriage Hill
• 680 Naperville–Knoch Knolls
• 681 Naperville–Saybrook
• 682 Naperville–Brookdale
• 683 Naperville–Ashbury
• 684 Naperville–Maplebrook
• 685 Naperville–West Wind Estates
• 686 Naperville–Old Farm
• 687 Naperville–Farmstead
• 688 Naperville–Huntington
• 689 Naperville–Hobson Village
• 714 College of DuPage–Naperville–Wheaton Connector
• 781 North Naperville Office Complexes

Burlington Trailways

• Chicago–Davenport, Iowa and points west

External links

Media related to Naperville station at Wikimedia Commons

• Naperville, IL – Amtrak
• Naperville, IL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Metra – Stations – Naperville station
• Naperville Amtrak & Metra Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• Station from Google Maps Street View
• Naperville (NPV)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)