Route 59 (Metra)

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name= Route 59
type= Metra regional rail


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address= 1090 North Route 59
Naperville, IL
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Route 59 Station is one of two Metra stations along the BNSF Railway Line in Naperville, Illinois. The station is named for and located on Illinois Route 59 in order to distinguish itself from Naperville Metra Station to the east. Each day, nearly 5,800 people board Metra trains at the Route 59 Station. ["On the Bi-Level", October 2007.] Route 59 is mi to km|31.6 away from the BNSF Railway Line's eastern terminus at Union Station. [ [http://hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/mmbnsf.html Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line] ]

The station house is two-stories high and located on the railroad embankment of the south parking lot on Meridian Lakes Road, which has direct access to Route 59. The north parking lot between Weston Ridge Road and Railway Drive. Fairway Drive leads to this parking lot from North Aurora Road, and has on-street parking between North Aurora Road and Continental Avenue. Route 59 drivers on the north side of the tracks need to take North Aurora Road for access to the north parking lot.

Route 59 station is the last stop before the terminus of the BNSF line at the Aurora Transportation Center.

=Pace Connections=

*534: Fox Valley Villages / Rt 59 Metra Station
*673: Fort Hill Express
*675: Route 59 Express

References

External links

* [http://metrarail.com/Sched/bn/hy59.shtml Metra - Route 59 Station]