Riverside station (Illinois)

Riverside is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Riverside, Illinois. The station is from Union Station, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Riverside is in zone 2. As of 2018, Riverside is the 100th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 493 weekday boardings. A staffed station building is on the south side of the three tracks.
The station was built about 1901 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad according to a design by the company's general architect, Walter Theodore Krausch. It is covered with Ludowici clay roof tiles, which were replaced by the original manufacturer in 2017.
As of September 8, 2025, Riverside is served by 51 trains on weekdays, and by 36 trains on weekends and holidays.