Lemont station

Lemont
The Lemont station in April 2016.
Location 101 Main Street
Lemont, Illinois
Coordinates 41°40′25″N 88°00′09″W / 41.6737°N 88.0024°W / 41.6737; -88.0024Coordinates: 41°40′25″N 88°00′09″W / 41.6737°N 88.0024°W / 41.6737; -88.0024
Owned by Metra
Line(s)
  Heritage Corridor
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone E
History
Opened 1859
Traffic
Passengers 456 (avg. weekday 2014)[1]
Rank 110 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Joliet
Heritage Corridor
  Former services  
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
toward Los Angeles
Main Line

Lemont is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lemont, Illinois. The station is 25.3 miles (40.7 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lemont is in zone E.

Lemont Station was originally built by the Chicago and Alton Railroad in 1859 and designed in a manner similar to that of Lockport Station. The tracks run parallel to the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and shares the right-of-way with Amtrak's Lincoln Service and Texas Eagle trains, however, no Amtrak trains stop here.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. ↑ http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
  3. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Heritage Corridor
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