Berkeley station (Illinois)

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Berkeley, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header|Berkeley | icon={{ric|Metra|upw}}}} | type = | image = Berkeley-UP W.jpg | image_caption = The Berkeley station in 2010 | address = 5900 West Park Avenue<br />[[Berkeley, Illinois]] | coordinates = {{Coord|41.8961|-87.9152|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = | other = | structure = | platform = 1 [[Side platform]]<br>1 [[Island platform]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 3 | parking = Yes | bicycle = Yes | passengers = 145 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = 3.6 | pass_rank = 173 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = | closed = | rebuilt = {{start date and age|2013}}{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} | electrified = | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = Union Pacific | zone = 2 | former = Proviso | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Union Pacific/West|left=Elmhurst|right=Bellwood}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line2=Galena Division|left2=Elmhurst|right2=Bellwood}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR-!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|UPW}} west to {{stl|Metra|Elburn}} vSTR\SHI1+r PLTl\vSTR\PSTR(R)\ PLTl\vSTR\PSTR(R)\ PLTl\vSTR\PSTR(R)\ vSTR\SHI1r vSTR!~MFADEf\vSTR-!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|UPW}} east to {{stl|Metra|Ogilvie}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ffb2b9 | mapframe-marker = rail | mpassengers = }} '''Berkeley''' is a [[Metra]] commuter [[railroad station]] in [[Berkeley, Illinois]], a western suburb of [[Chicago]]. It is served by the [[Union Pacific West Line]], and lies {{convert|14.3|mi|km}} from the eastern terminus.<ref>[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmupw.html Metra Railfan Tips - Union Pacific/West Line]</ref> Trains go east to [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in Chicago and as far west as [[Elburn, Illinois]]. Travel time to Ogilvie is 29 to 36 minutes, depending on the service. {{As of|2018}}, Berkeley is the 173rd busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 145 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=metrarail.com|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|url-status=}}</ref> Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north (island) platform and outbound trains use the south (side) platform.

As of September 8, 2025, Berkeley is served by 43 trains (21 inbound, 22 outbound) on weekdays, by all 20 trains (10 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by all 18 trains (nine in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

The station is at Park Avenue and Arthur Avenue. To the south there is a parking lot, a residential neighborhood of single-family homes, several distribution centers and warehouses. A large industrial estate that houses the Proviso Yard of [[Union Pacific Railroad]] sits to the north. Immediately to the west there are two highway overpasses that carry [[Interstate 294]] and [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|Interstate 290]], respectively, over the freight yard. Berkeley Village Hall is on Electric Avenue, about a mile to the south.

The station was formerly a two-track facility. As part of the [[Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program|CREATE Program]] project B2, the station gained a third track and pedestrian underpass tunnel in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Pacific Third Mainline – Proviso Yard |url=https://www.createprogram.org/projects/union-pacific-third-mainline-proviso-yard/ |access-date=2026-05-19 |website=CREATE Program |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2019 |title=CREATE Program Overview |url=https://idot.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idot/documents/transportation-system/pamphlets---brochures/freight-council/2019_04-create-overview-isfac-meeting.pdf |access-date=19 May 2026 |website=Illinois Department of Transportation}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Metra web|Union Pacific/West|berkeley|Berkeley}}

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