Naperville, IL
Naperville station
General information
Location	105 East Fourth Avenue Naperville, Illinois United States
Coordinates	41°46′47″N 88°08′44″W / 41.7796°N 88.1455°W / 41.7796; -88.1455
Owned by	City of Naperville
Line(s)	BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished)
Tracks	3
Connections	Pace Burlington Trailways
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: NPV
Fare zone	F (Metra)
History
Opened	1910
Passengers
FY 2022	26,991 annually[1] (Amtrak)
2018	4,015 (average weekday)[2]  2.2% (Metra)
Rank	2 out of 236 (Metra)[2]
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Princeton toward Emeryville California Zephyr Chicago Terminus Mendota toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Plano toward Quincy Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg La Grange Road toward Chicago Preceding station Metra Following station Route 59 toward Aurora BNSF Lisle toward Union Station
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Princeton toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Discontinued in 1997 Chicago Terminus Aurora closed 1983 toward Los Angeles Princeton toward Seattle Pioneer Preceding station Burlington Route Following station Eola toward Aurora Suburban Service Lisle toward Chicago
Future services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Plano toward Moline Quad Cities Proposed La Grange Road toward Chicago
Track layout [note 1] | BNSF east to Chicago Union Station   Washington St. BNSF west to Aurora [note 1] west to Quincy, Los Angeles, or Emeryville   1 2 California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Southwest Chief
Location

Naperville is a train station in Naperville, Illinois, 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 commuter line, and an abundance of Pace bus routes. Naperville station was originally built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.^[3] On April 26, 1946, the station was the site of a collision between the CB&Q's Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer. On April 26, 2014, a memorial entitled Tragedy to Triumph was dedicated at the train station. The sculpture by Paul Kuhn is dedicated not only to the crash victims but also to the rescuers at the site.^[4]

As of 2018, Naperville has an average of 4,015 weekday boardings for Metra trains. This makes the station the second busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, after Route 59 station.^[2] The station also serves 53,000 Amtrak passengers annually.^[5]

Bus connections

Pace

• 530 West Galena–Naperville Metra Station
• 714 College of DuPage–Naperville–Wheaton Connector
• 722 Ogden Avenue

Notes

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