Disabled access Yes Opened 1917 Tracks 3 | Parking Yes Fare zone E Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Fairview & Burlington AvenuesDowners Grove, Illinois Owned by Village of Downers Grove Address Downers Grove, IL 60515, United States Similar Downers Grove Main Street stat, Belmont station, Route 59 station, Hidden Lake Forest Pr, Westmont station | ||
Fairview Avenue is one of three railroad stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Downers Grove, Illinois. The station is 20.3 miles (32.7 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. Though its official address is on Fairview Avenue (hence the name) and Burlington Avenue, the main parking lot is on the south side of the tracks off of nearby Second Street. All parking lots, including the main parking lot are managed by the Village of Downers Grove.
Fairview Avenue station has a colonial barn-type design more akin to railroad stations of the Northeastern United States, such as those on the Long Island Rail Road, and also matching the adjacent Pepperidge Farm bakery. Currently no buses run near the station.
In 1991, a forty-one-year-old woman, Mary T. Wojtyla, was killed at this station after being struck by a speeding train. The accident was captured on camera by a railfan.