{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Brookfield, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox Station | style=Metra|name={{Metra header | name= Congress Park | icon={{ric|Metra|bnsf}}}} | type= | image=Congress Park station.jpg | image_caption=Congress Park station from the inbound platform in September&nbsp;2016. | address=1/2 mile west of Maple Street on Burlington Avenue<br />[[Brookfield, Illinois]] | coordinates={{coord|41.8188|-87.8576|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line=[[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] [[Chicago Subdivision]]<!-- the physical "line" is not the same as "services" which are detailed below --> | other='''[[Pace (transit)|Pace Buses]]''' | structure=Shelters | platform=2 [[side platform]]s | depth= | levels= | tracks=3 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=368 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=26.9 | pass_rank=128 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened= | closed= | rebuilt= | electrified= | accessible=No | code= | owned=Metra | zone=3 | former=<!--West Grossdale--> | services={{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=BNSF Railway|left=LaGrange Road|right=Brookfield}} |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_collapsible = yes |other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|line=Suburban|left=La Grange|right=Brookfield}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= STR!~MFADEg\STR!~STR~L!~MFADEg\STR!~STR~R!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\RP2!~MFADEg STR\STRf!~STR~L\STRg!~STR~R!~POINTERg@fq\STR\RP2~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|BNSF}} east to {{stl|Metra|Union Station}} STR\PSTR(R)!~STR~L\PSTR(L)!~STR~R\STR\RP2 fSTRq!~MFADEgq!~lKRZo+L\ftSTRq!~STR\ftSTRq!~PSTR(R)!~STR~L\ftSTRq!~PSTR(L)!~STR~R\ftSTRq!~STR\fKSTReq!~RP2eRP2!~lKRZo+R\RP2q!~MFADEfq ~~ DuBois Blvd. STR\PSTR(R)!~STR~L\PSTR(L)!~STR~R\STR\RP2n!~POINTERg ~~ Burlington Ave. STR\STRf!~STR~L!~POINTERf@gq\STRg!~STR~R\STR\~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|Chicago|BNSF}} west to {{stl|Metra|Aurora}} STR!~MFADEf\STR!~STR~L!~MFADEf\STR!~STR~R!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\ }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#3daf2c |zoom=15 }} | mpassengers= }}

'''Congress Park''' is one of three stations on [[Metra]]'s [[BNSF Line]] in [[Brookfield, Illinois]]. The station is {{convert|13|mi|km|1}} from [[Chicago Union Station|Union Station]], the east end of the line.<ref>[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmbnsf.html Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line]</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Congress Park is in zone 3. As of 2018, Congress Park is the 128th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 368 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|url-status=}}</ref> Shelters are on both sides of the tracks. Metra trains serve Congress Park in the peak direction on weekdays only.

As of September 8, 2025, Congress Park is served by 26 trains (13 in each direction) on weekdays.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2025-09-08 |title=BNSF Line effective 09/08/2025 |url=https://schedules.metrarail.com/pdf/BNSF.pdf |website=metrarail.com |publisher=Metra |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

==Bus connections== '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]''' * {{Pace web|302|Ogden/Stanley}} * {{Pace web|331|Cumberland - 5th Avenue}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{Metra web|BNSF Railway|congresspk}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.818599,-87.857585&spn=0.003982,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.818599,-87.857585&panoid=qC2UC4M4phzTXgX6mRZJ1g&cbp=12,10.04,,0,-0.07 Station from Google Maps Street View]

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