Commuting in Downers Grove: Pace Route 821 & Metra/BNSF Line at Belmont Road

A typical morning commuting by public transit in west suburban Downers Grove, Illinois... I board Pace bus route #821-Woodridge/Belmont Station at College Road & Walnut Ave at 7:35am, then ride it along the western periphery of the village of Downers Grove, through an industrial area, then to the Belmont Road Metra/BNSF Line station, where construction work is on-going to grade-separate the road from the railroad. The bus here is a NABI 30-footer, one of hundreds rostered by Pace. Numerous expresses, locals, and out-of-service equipment moves pass by the station, as commuters board for their trip into the city. I wait for a train leaving the station at about 8:10am, which makes all station stops on the BNSF Line until Hinsdale, then runs express to Chicago Union Station.

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[ishyreddi13]

@SeeGraeginatorRun ME TOOO

[SeeGraeginatorRun]

I love pace bus! I ride 364, 350, 379, and 383! I live close to hammond!