New Glen Ellyn, IL Station

Trains Magazine Transit
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Glen Ellyn, Illinois has won a $14.4 million Federal grant to be applied to plans for a new Metra train station and pedestrian underpass beneath the triple-track UP West Line. I hope they are able to follow general plans previously announced for the station, which would meld architectural elements from classic Chicago Aurora & Elgin and Chicago & North Western stations that previously stood in town. The current station, a nondescript building from the 1960s, has become too small for the number of passengers.

  • Ed Kyle
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Glen Ellyn is now the second busiest suburban station on the UP West Metra line.

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If this works, here’s an image of the proposed station from 2018.

Glen Ellyn Station Proposal