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Western Avenue station (BNSF Railway)

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Western Avenue Metra Station
Western Avenue Metra Station

Western Avenue (also known as Western Avenue & 18th Place) is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains. The station has no station house, though shelters are provided. Amtrak and BNSF Railway trains run on tracks parallel to the station. The station is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line. As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 208th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 57 weekday boardings.Western Avenue station is located near the Western Pink Line 'L' station, as well as the Western station on the Blue Line's Congress branch. It is also located near an overpass for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway and a BNSF Railway yard.

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Western Avenue station (BNSF Railway)
South Western Avenue, Chicago Lower West Side

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N 41.8578 ° E -87.6853 °
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South Western Avenue 1717
60608 Chicago, Lower West Side
Illinois, United States
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