Clyde station (Illinois)

Clyde
General information
Location29th and Austin Boulevard, Cicero, Illinois 60804
Coordinates41°50′18″N 87°46′22″W / 41.8384°N 87.7729°W / 41.8384; -87.7729
Owned byMetra
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 tracks
Other information
Fare zoneB
History
Opened1978[citation needed]
ClosedApril 1, 2007
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
La Vergne
toward Aurora
Suburban Service Morton Park
toward Chicago
Preceding station Metra Following station
La Vergne
toward Aurora
BNSF Cicero

Clyde was a station on Metra's BNSF Line. The station was located at 29th Street and Austin Boulevard, in Cicero, Illinois. Clyde was 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Clyde was located in zone B, on the west end of the Cicero Railroad Yard. Clyde closed on April 1, 2007, due to low ridership; to compensate for the loss of the station, Metra announced that it would rehabilitate the adjacent Cicero and La Vergne stations.[2]

Ridership was only 64 passengers on an average weekday around the time of the station's closure.[3]

References

  1. ^ Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  2. ^ The Town of Cicero - Cicero Metra Station Remodeling Announcement Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)