{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Berwyn, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox Station | style=Metra|name={{Metra header | name= Harlem Avenue | icon={{ric|Metra|bnsf}}}} | type= | image=Harlem Avenue Station.jpg | image_caption= | address=7135 Windsor Avenue<br />[[Berwyn, Illinois]] 60402 | coordinates={{coord|41.8313|-87.8019|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= | platform=2 [[side platform]]s | depth= | levels= | tracks=3 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=451 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=7.1 | pass_rank=106 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened=1890 | closed= | rebuilt= | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=Metra | zone=2 | former= | services={{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=BNSF Railway|left=Riverside|right=Berwyn}} |other_services_header = Former services |other_services_collapsible = yes |other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|line=Suburban|left=Riverside|right=Berwyn}} | map_state = | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg STRf\STR\STRg!~POINTERf@gq~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|BNSF}}|east to {{stl|Metra|Union Station}}}} PSTR(R)\STR\PSTR(L) PSTR(R)\STR\PSTR(L) PSTR(R)\STR\PSTR(L) RP2q!~MFADEgq\SKRZ-G2BUE\SKRZ-G2BUE\SKRZ-G2BUE\RP2q!~MFADEfq~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt|state=IL|IL|43}} (Harlem Ave.) STRf!~POINTERg@fq\STR\STRg~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|BNSF}}|west to {{stl|Metra|Aurora}}}} STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#3daf2c |zoom=15 }} | mpassengers= }}
'''Harlem Avenue''' is one of three stations on [[Metra]]'s [[BNSF Line]] in [[Berwyn, Illinois]]. The station is {{convert|10|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, Harlem Avenue is in zone 2. As of 2018, Harlem Avenue is the 106th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 451 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> A station building is on the south side of the three-track main.
According to the [http://www.depotmaps.com/ Dynamic Depot Maps] website, Harlem Avenue station was originally built in 1890 by the [[Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad]].<ref>[http://www.depotmaps.com/DepotMap%5BIL%5D.htm Illinois Depots (Dynamic Depot Maps)]</ref>
As of September 8, 2025, Harlem Avenue is served by 51 trains (25 inbound, 26 outbound) on weekdays, and by 36 trains (18 in each direction) on weekends and holidays.<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|307|Harlem}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Commons category-inline|Harlem Avenue station}} *{{Metra web|BNSF Railway|harlem}} *[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/pmbnsf2.jpg Image of Westbound Train @ Harlem Avenue Station (Metra Railfans)] *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.831168,-87.80296&spn=0.003981,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.831231,-87.802958&panoid=ZGmbacViE7EbqCsFmbuyIg&cbp=12,76.05,,0,-1.34 Station from Harlem Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
[[File:19680113 02 CB&Q CGI train @ Harlem Ave. (5467163652).jpg|thumb|left|A freight train led by [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] heads past the station in 1968.]]
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