It is served by the Union Pacific West Line, and lies 14.3 miles (23.0 km) from the eastern terminus.

[2] Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois.

As of 2018[update], Berkeley is the 173rd busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 145 weekday boardings.

To the south there is a parking lot, a residential neighborhood of single-family homes, several distribution centers and warehouses.

A large industrial estate that houses the Proviso Yard of Union Pacific Railroad sits to the north.