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.[2] As of 2018, Western Avenue is the 208th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 57 weekday boardings.[1]
Fifty-five trains (27 inbound and 28 outbound) serve Western Avenue & 18th Place on weekdays. On Saturdays, it is served by 22 trains (eleven in each direction) and 16 trains (seven outbound and nine inbound) on Sundays.
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