Editing Bellwood, Illinois (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Bellwood UP-W.jpg|thumb|[[Bellwood station (Metra)|Bellwood station]]]]

===Transportation===
The village is serviced by a [[Metra]] railroad station with commuter service to Chicago. Trains from [[Bellwood station]] travel east to [[Ogilvie Transportation Center]] in Chicago, and west to [[Elburn station]]. Bus service in the village is provided by [[Pace (transit)|Pace]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref> The [[Chicago Transit Authority]] provided bus passenger services for Bellwood until 2012 when it discontinued the #17 route.

In November 2011, Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to renovate and upgrade Bellwood's Metra station and add a third rail line. The project, estimated at $4 million, was expected to be completed by the fall of 2012 at no cost to residents.<ref name="bellwood-ilil">{{cite web |url=http://www.vil.bellwood.il.us/assets/1/documents/FINAL_11_December_Update_2.pdf |title=Update Newsletter, December 2011 |publisher=Village of Bellwood |access-date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235940/http://www.vil.bellwood.il.us/assets/1/documents/FINAL_11_December_Update_2.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2012 }}</ref>
Bellwood formerly had a station on the [[Chicago Great Western Railway]] main line before it was abandoned in 1968 by the [[Chicago & Northwestern Railway]]. The [[Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad]] runs through Bellwood, but does not host any commuter rail traffic.