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Flossmoor station

Coordinates: 41°32′36″N 87°40′42″W / 41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349
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Flossmoor
Flossmoor station in January 2010.
General information
LocationFlossmoor & Sterling Roads
Flossmoor, Illinois
Coordinates41°32′36″N 87°40′42″W / 41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349
Owned byMetra
Line(s)University Park Sub District
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsPace bus service
Construction
Structure typeTudor Revival on elevated
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1856
Rebuilt1906
ElectrifiedOverhead line1,500 V DC
Passengers
2018859 (average weekday)[1]Increase 4.2%
Rank60 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Olympia Fields Metra Electric
Main Line
Homewood
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Olympia Fields
toward Richton
Electric Suburban
Main Line
Homewood
Location
Map

Flossmoor is a station on Metra's Metra Electric Line located in Flossmoor, Illinois. The station is located at Flossmoor Road and Sterling Road. Flossmoor is 24.93 miles (40.12 km) from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Flossmoor is located in zone 3. As of 2018, Flossmoor is the 60th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 859 weekday boardings.[1] The station is on a solid-fill elevated structure and consists of a 1906-built Illinois Central Railroad building next to one island platform which serves the Metra Electric Line's two tracks. There is no ticket agent at Flossmoor, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room. The old station house is used as a local restaurant and beer brewery, and contains an ice cream shop for kids that operates out of a former Illinois Central Railroad caboose.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line
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