[2] As of 2018, Downers Grove Main Street is the sixth busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 2,492 weekday boardings.

The station has connections to multiple Pace Buses, including the Commuter Shuttle lines.

[3] This station was the site of the 1947 Zephyr train wreck that killed 3 and injured more than 30.

The station underwent a $1.1 million platform replacement project, which finished in the summer of 2015.

This is common during the morning and evening rush hours, in an effort to get passengers to the busier stations quicker.