Cicero station (Metra)

Cicero
Location 26th & Cicero
Cicero, Illinois
Coordinates 41°50′39″N 87°44′43″W / 41.8443°N 87.7452°W / 41.8443; -87.7452Coordinates: 41°50′39″N 87°44′43″W / 41.8443°N 87.7452°W / 41.8443; -87.7452
Owned by BNSF Railway
Line(s)
  BNSF Railway
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 6
Connections CTA Bus
Other information
Fare zone B
History
Opened 1978
Rebuilt 2010, 2014
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 196 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank 168 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Aurora
BNSF Railway
(Closed 2007)
toward Aurora

Cicero is a station on Metra's BNSF Railway Line, located in Cicero, Illinois. The station is 7 miles (11 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cicero is in zone B. The station is located east of the Cicero Railroad Yard, and several blocks south of the Cicero station on the Cermak Branch of the Chicago 'L''s Pink Line, formerly known as the Douglas-Loop Service.

Metra rebuilt the station's platforms and shelters in 2010.[4]

Bus connections

CTA

  • 35 31st/35th
  • 54 Cicero
  • 54B South Cicero
  • 60 Blue Island/26th (Owl Service)

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  4. ↑ Wronski, Richard; Dennis Sullivan (December 7, 2009). "Metra on track to rehab and rebuild dozens of stations". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 31, 2010.


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