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Geneva
Geneva station platform; the other platform is temporarily relocated east of Third Street (May 2024)
General information
Location	328 Crescent Place Geneva, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′54″N 88°18′36″W / 41.8817°N 88.3100°W / 41.8817; -88.3100
Owned by	City of Geneva
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace bus
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Rebuilt	1931; 93 years ago (1931), 1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Passengers
2018	1,742 (average weekday)  2%
Rank	14 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station La Foxtoward Elburn Union Pacific West West Chicagotoward Ogilvie
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station La Foxtoward Omaha Main Line West Chicagotoward Chicago through to Branches Galena Division St. CharlesClosed 1951Terminus St. Charles Branch through to Galena Division Bataviatoward Aurora Aurora Branch
Track layout Legend UP-W west to Elburn 3rd St. UP-W east to Ogilvie
Location

Geneva is a Metra commuter railroad station in Geneva, Illinois, served by Metra's Union Pacific West Line. The station is 35.5 miles (57.1 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center. In Metra's zone-based fare structure, Geneva is in zone 4. As of 2018, Geneva is the 14th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 1,742 weekday boardings. Unless otherwise announced, inbound trains use the north platform and outbound trains use the south platform.

Geneva is currently the only station on the Union Pacific West Line that has not been triple tracked; however, in 2022, the Union Pacific Railroad began construction on a third track throughout Geneva. Construction is scheduled to conclude in late 2024.

As of February 16, 2024, Geneva is served by 56 trains (28 in each direction) 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. On weekdays, three inbound trains originate here, and two outbound trains terminate here.

The station consists of two side platforms and a waiting room, with a ticket agent booth staffed on weekday mornings. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and west to Elburn, Illinois. Until the line's extension to Elburn on January 23, 2006, Geneva was the western terminus of the Union Pacific West Line.

Until 2006 and the line's extension, half of the weekend trains started at West Chicago. Since then, all of those trains were moved to Elburn, leaving all weekend trains to serve Geneva.

Bus connections

Pace

• 592 St. Charles - Geneva Call-n-Ride
• 596 Batavia Call-n-Ride
• 801 Elgin/Geneva
• 802 Aurora/Geneva via Lake

References

1. ^ "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). metrarail.com. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2019.
2. "Union Pacific/West Line". Metra Railfan Tips.
3. "Geneva, Ill., to host Union Pacific meeting on third track project". Trains. February 16, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
4. "Union Pacific Third Main Line Project". www.geneva.il.us. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
5. "Route 592 – St. Charles - Geneva Call-n-Ride". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
6. "Route 596 – Batavia Call-n-Ride". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
7. "Route 801 – Elgin/Geneva". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
8. "Route 802 – Aurora/Geneva via Lake". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

External links

• Metra – Stations – Geneva station (Illinois)

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