Bartlett station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Bartlett, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name= Bartlett | icon={{ric|Metra|mdw}} }} | image = Inbound platform at Bartlett, looking west.jpg | image_caption = Bartlett station's inbound platform in July 2023. | address = Oak Avenue and Railroad Avenue<br />Bartlett, IL | coordinates = {{coord|41.9921|-88.1838|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = Elgin Subdivision | other = | structure = | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = Yes | bicycle = | passengers = 988 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -7.7 | pass_rank = 53 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = 1873 | closed = | rebuilt = 2004–2007 | electrified = | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = Metra | zone = 4 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Milwaukee District/West|left=National Street|right=Hanover Park}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Milwaukee Road|line=West|left=Spaulding|right=Ontarioville}} | mpassengers = | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= RP2!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|MDW}} west to {{stl|Metra|Big Timber Road}} RP2\vSTR\POINTERf@f~~{{rmri|d}} Bartlett Ave. RP2xRP2\vSKRZ-G2BUE\RP2sRP2~~Western Ave. RP2\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr RP2\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr RP2\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr RP2\vSTR\RP2!~PLTr RP2eRP2\vSKRZ-G2BUE\RP1!~RP2nRP2~~Oak Ave. RP2!~PLTl\vSTR\RP1 RP2!~PLTl\vSTR\RP1 RP2!~PLTl\vSTR\RP1!~NULf RP2!~PLTl!~POINTERf@gq\vSTR\RP1~~Railroad Ave. RP2!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf\RP1!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|MDW}} east to {{stl|Metra|Union Station}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #f4b249 | mapframe-marker = rail }}

'''Bartlett''' is a commuter railroad station in [[Bartlett, Illinois]], a western suburb of Chicago. The station is {{convert|30.1|mi|km}} away from [[Chicago Union Station]], the eastern terminus of the line.<ref>[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmmilww.html Metra Railfan Tips - Milwaukee District/West]</ref> It is served by [[Metra]]'s [[Milwaukee District West Line]], with service to Union Station in downtown Chicago, and northwest to [[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]]. As of 2018, Bartlett is the 53rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 988 weekday boardings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> Travel time to Union Station ranges from 51 minutes to 1 hour and 11 minutes, with faster times on peak trains.

As of February 15, 2024, Bartlett is served by 42 trains (20 inbound, 22 outbound) on weekdays, by all 24 trains (12 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

The station is at South Oak Avenue and West Bartlett Avenue in downtown Bartlett.

==History== The depot in Bartlett was built in 1873.<ref>{{Cite news | last=Sharos | first=David | title=Riding the rails to progress: Trains, and station, were an integral part of Bartlett's growth | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=6 September 1998 | page= NW-1 }}</ref> It was the last remaining original depot left along what used to be the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]]. Bartlett station was rebuilt by Metra between 2004 and opened on December 11, 2007. The original station house has been converted into a local railroad museum.

==Status== Eastbound trains stop at the new station, which only has a southern platform. Westbound trains stop across from the old station, which now only has a northern platform. The new station's platform only has one pedestrian crossing on the far west side.

Parking has been expanded with the installation of the new station. However, since the trains do not drop off and pick up in the same spot, commuters generally have a moderate walk one direction or another.

==References== {{reflist}} *Pohl, Kimberly. "[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=92795&src=1 Metra's shelter from the storm opens in Bartlett]." ''Daily Herald'' 11 December 2007

==External links== {{commons category}} {{Metra web|Milwaukee District/West|BARTLETT}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.992078,-88.184567&spn=0.003971,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.992078,-88.184567&panoid=ucApFkYLuSlyOyXepJmCjw&cbp=12,61.73,,0,-2.32 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

[[Category:Metra stations in Illinois]] [[Category:Former Milwaukee Road stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1873]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2007]] [[Category:Bartlett, Illinois]] [[Category:Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois]]