Big Timber Road (Metra station)
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| Location | 2025 Big Timber Road Elgin, IL |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes; Vendors | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | H | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1986 | ||||||||||
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Big Timber Road is a commuter railroad station in the Kane County portion of Elgin, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The station is the western terminus or Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line. It is 39.8 miles (64.1 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[1] When it opened in 1986, the surrounding area mostly consisted of farmland. Since then, numerous residential subdivisions have been built. Average ridership is about 800.[2]
Big Timber Road presently does not have service on weekends. There are 20 inbound trains a day, Monday through Friday. Travel time to Union Station ranges from 1 hour, 9 minutes to 1 hour, 27 minutes, depending on the train. On weekends, Milwaukee District West line trains terminate at Elgin.
References
- ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West
- ↑ http://www.rtams.org/rtams/metraHistoricalRidership.jsp?ridershipID=12&level=branch
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