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The Aurora Transportation Center is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Aurora, Illinois. The station is 37.1 miles (59.7 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Aurora is in zone 4. As of 2018, Aurora is the 13th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,856 weekday boardings.[1] There is a staffed station building. Just north of the station is the Hill Yard, a large coach yard used to store the Metra trains on the BNSF Line. Aurora is a stub-track terminal, which means the Metra tracks end here. Amtrak and BNSF freights use the two tracks east of the station.

Aurora is the west end of the BNSF Railway Line and is served by numerous Pace bus routes. It served as a Greyhound bus stop until September 7, 2011.[3]

As of April 29, 2024, Aurora is served by 32 inbound trains and 34 outbound trains (66 total) on Weekdays along with all 36 trains (18 per direction) on Weekends/Holidays.

History

The old and now demolished CB&Q Station seen on May 1, 2008.

The station replaced the former Aurora Depot, at the corners of South Broadway and Washington Street. The station was constructed in 1922 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and closed in 1986. It was also served by Amtrak and Metra trains until the opening of the Aurora Transportation Center. The building was torn down in April 2013.[4] Amtrak service shifted to Naperville station, and continue to stop presently.

California Zephyr at Aurora station in 1967

Bus connections

Pace

  • 524 West Aurora[5]
  • 530 West Galena/Naperville[6]
  • 533 Northeast Aurora[7]
  • 802 Aurora/Geneva via Lake[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line". Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  3. ^ Greyhound drops Dixon from service
  4. ^ Joseph P. Schwieterman (2014). Terminal Town. Lake Forest College. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-0-9823156-9-9.
  5. ^ "524 - West Aurora | Pace Suburban Bus".
  6. ^ "530 - West Galena – Naperville | Pace Suburban Bus".
  7. ^ "533 - Northeast Aurora | Pace Suburban Bus".
  8. ^ "802 - Aurora – Geneva via Lake | Pace Suburban Bus".

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