Aurora Transportation Center

The Aurora Transportation Center is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Aurora, Illinois. The station is 37.1 miles (59.7 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Aurora is in zone 4. As of 2018, Aurora is the 13th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,856 weekday boardings. There is a staffed station building. Just north of the station is the Hill Yard, a large coach yard used to store the Metra trains on the BNSF Line. Aurora is a stub-track terminal, which means the Metra tracks end here. Amtrak and BNSF freights use the two tracks east of the station.

Aurora Transportation Center
The transportation center in 2022, with the station tracks to the left.
General information
Location233 North Broadway
Aurora, Illinois
Coordinates41.7613°N 88.3081°W / 41.7613; -88.3081
Owned byCity of Aurora
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1986
Passengers
20181,856 (average weekday) 4.1%
Rank13 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Terminus BNSF Route 59
Former services at old station
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Galesburg
toward Oakland
San Francisco Zephyr
Until 1983
Chicago
Terminus
Galesburg Desert Wind
Until 1983
Plano
toward Quincy
Illinois Zephyr
Until 1983
La Grange Road
toward Chicago
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Bristol
toward Denver
Main Line La Grange
toward Chicago
Sugar Grove Minneapolis – Chicago
Terminus Suburban Service Eola
toward Chicago
Montgomery
toward Streator
AuroraStreator Terminus
South Aurora
toward West Batavia
AuroraWest Bativia
Terminus AuroraWest Chicago North Aurora
toward West Chicago
Location

Aurora is the west end of the BNSF Railway Line and is served by numerous Pace bus routes. It served as a Greyhound bus stop until September 7, 2011.

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