Berwyn Station – Metra Metropolitan Rail

This train station beats any commute most people I know who live in the city of Chicago deal with. It’s about 20 minutes, depending on whether you get an express or not, and you always have a seat. The station is 2 blocks from my house. There is a nice heated indoor area to hang out in the winter, and the ticket lady is very friendly.
By the way, I used to commute at the Rt. 59 train station where everyone would run over each other in the parking lot to fight for spaces, and then push people out of the way to get on the train first. That was the yuppie/​anxiety corridor. Happy to be away from that. Berwyn is the best.

Wonderful turn-​of-​the-​century train station that was saved from demolition by the Berwyn Historical Society. It’s not particular awe-​inspiring, but since I live in Berwyn and I use the station nearly every weekday of the year, and I have an appreciation for historical building, and I belong to the Berwyn Historical Society and I do volunteer work for it… I could go on — I enjoy it. And I suppose this is supposed to be a Metra review to a degree — and I must say, I truly appreciate the fact that I can walk to the station in less than 10 minutes and get downtown with a 15 – 20 minutes train ride and another 10 minute walk to work… it SOOOOOO beats driving!!! While Metra has it’s delays, they’re generally not related to things that are under Metra’s control, so in general, Metra ROCKS.