Bensenville is a station on Metra

Metra

Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...

's Milwaukee District/West in Bensenville

Bensenville, Illinois

Bensenville is a village located primarily in DuPage County, Illinois, with a small section near O'Hare International Airport in Cook County, Illinois, overlapping into the city of Chicago. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 20,703. Bensenville is home to the Edge Ice Arena, home of...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. The station is 17.2 miles (27.7 km) away from Union Station

Union Station (Chicago)

Union Station is a major train station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, replacing an earlier 1881 station. It is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago, as well as being the city's primary terminal for commuter trains. The station stands on the west side of the Chicago River between Adams...

, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Bensenville is in zone D.

Bensenville Station is actually located on the south side of Main Street across from the railroad tracks. A wide at-grade pedestrian crosswalk provides access between West Main Street and the station. Parking is available along the south side of West Main Street west of Addison Street, but also behind the station house at the intersection of Center & Railroad Streets.

Bus connections

Pace

Pace (transit)

Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace. In 2010, Pace had 35.077 million riders. Pace's headquarters are in...

External links

• Chicago Railfan.net:
  • Bensenville Station
  • Bensenville Locomotive Yard, Rail Yard and Other Yard
• Station from York Road from Google Maps Street View