Chicagoland RailBNSF Line (Burlington Northern) — Metra schedule & live train times
The BNSF Line — Metra's Burlington Northern route — runs between Aurora and Chicago Union Station, serving 26 stations. A typical weekday has 97 trains, 47 of them toward downtown.
At a glance
- Downtown terminal
- Chicago Union Station
- Outer terminal
- Aurora
- Stations
- 26
- Weekday trains
- 97 (47 toward downtown, 50 outbound)
- Saturday / Sunday trains
- 40 / 40
- End to end
- 54–83 min (express to all-stops)
- First weekday train to downtown
- 4:00 AM from Aurora
- Last weekday train to downtown
- 11:05 PM from Aurora
- Express runs
- 14 of 32 from Aurora
- Fare zones
- 1, 2, 3, 4
- One-way to downtown
- $3.75–$6.75
Branches and short turns
Not every BNSF train starts at Aurora. On a typical weekday these are the other origins for trains toward Chicago Union Station:
- Fairview Ave. — 10 weekday trains
Every BNSF station
In order from Aurora to Chicago Union Station. Fares are the full one-way adult fare to Chicago Union Station, priced by fare zone.
| Station | Zone | One-way downtown |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 4 | $6.75 |
| Route 59 | 4 | $6.75 |
| Naperville | 4 | $6.75 |
| Lisle | 4 | $6.75 |
| Belmont · Downers Grove | 4 | $6.75 |
| Downers Grove | 4 | $6.75 |
| Fairview Ave. · Downers Grove | 3 | $5.50 |
| Westmont | 3 | $5.50 |
| Clarendon Hills | 3 | $5.50 |
| West Hinsdale | 3 | $5.50 |
| Hinsdale | 3 | $5.50 |
| Highlands · Hinsdale | 3 | $5.50 |
| Western Springs | 3 | $5.50 |
| Stone Ave. · La Grange | 3 | $5.50 |
| LaGrange Road · La Grange | 3 | $5.50 |
| Congress Park | 3 | $5.50 |
| Brookfield | 2 | $3.75 |
| Hollywood · Brookfield | 2 | $3.75 |
| Riverside | 2 | $3.75 |
| Harlem Ave. | 2 | $3.75 |
| Berwyn | 2 | $3.75 |
| Lavergne | 2 | $3.75 |
| Cicero | 2 | $3.75 |
| Western Avenue · Chicago | 2 | $3.75 |
| Halsted Street · Chicago | 2 | $3.75 |
| Chicago Union Station | 1 | — |
Day Pass and Monthly prices, and fares between two suburban stations, are in the app's fare sheet.
Live times, delays and alerts
The numbers above are the published schedule. For what's actually running — live departures, delay minutes, cancellations and BNSF service alerts — open the app and pick your two stations. It's free, installs to your phone, and works offline on the last schedule it loaded.
Other Metra lines
HC — Heritage Corridor · MD-N — Milwaukee North · MD-W — Milwaukee West · ME — Metra Electric · NCS — North Central Service · RI — Rock Island · SWS — Southwest Service · UP-N — Union Pacific North · UP-NW — Union Pacific Northwest · UP-W — Union Pacific West