Aurora

Aurora, Italy

The Aurora Transportation Center is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Aurora, Illinois. The station is 37.1 miles (59.7 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Aurora is in zone 4. As of 2018, Aurora is the 13th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown station

s, with an average of 1,856 weekday boardings. There is a staffed station building. Just north of the station is the Hill Yard, a large coach yard used to store the Metra trains on the BNSF Line. Aurora is a stub-track terminal, which means the Metra tracks end here. Amtrak and BNSF freights use the two tracks east of the station. Aurora is the west end of the BNSF Line and is served by numerous Pace bus routes. It served as a Greyhound bus stop until September 7, 2011. As of September 8, 2025, Aurora is served by 67 trains (32 inbound, 35 outbound) on weekdays, and by all 40 trains (20 in each direction) on weekends and holidays.

Listen to the audio guide for Aurora Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off