Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line.[4] It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue (at West Armitage Avenue)[4] and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn is located at Clybourn Junction. The Union Pacific North Line’s Kenosha Subdivision begins here, separating from the Union Pacific Northwest Line’s Harvard Subdivision. Clybourn Junction was named for its location near Clybourn Place, the home of the Clybourn family, early settlers in the Chicago area.[2] Clybourn is situated between the Bucktown and DePaul neighborhoods, several miles north of downtown Chicago. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Clybourn is in zone A. As of 2018, Clybourn is the 17th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,674 weekday boardings.[3]
North Line and Northwest Line trains stop on separate platforms, between which is a small parking lot. The Northwest Line section has an island platform for the bidirectional express track and the outbound local track, and a shared island platform that serves the inbound track. Outbound North Line trains use the other side of the island platform between the two lines. Inbound North Line trains use a side platform to the east. The busy Kennedy Expressway passes to the west of the Northwest Line tracks, and the north branch of the Chicago River is several blocks to the east. There is no ticket agent booth at the station; passengers must buy tickets on the train either online or after boarding.
The station is in a mostly industrial neighborhood, though it is served by Chicago Transit Authority buses.
The vast majority of trains that pass through the station make a scheduled stop there. On the North Line, on weekdays, as of April 25, 2022, all 35 trains in each direction stop at Clybourn Station.
On the Northwest Line, on weekdays, as of April 25, 2022, 29 of 33 inbound trains stop at Clybourn, as do 30 of 33 outbound trains.
On Saturdays, 11 of 13 North Line trains in each direction stop at Clybourn, with eight of nine trains in each direction stopping on Sundays. During the summer concert season, the extra weekend train to Ravinia Park also stops here.