Lockport station (Illinois)

Lockport
Location 13th Street & State Street
Lockport, Illinois
Coordinates 41°35′06″N 88°03′37″W / 41.5851°N 88.0602°W / 41.5851; -88.0602Coordinates: 41°35′06″N 88°03′37″W / 41.5851°N 88.0602°W / 41.5851; -88.0602
Owned by City of Lockport
Line(s)
  Heritage Corridor
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone G
History
Opened 1863
Traffic
Passengers 352 (avg. weekday 2014)[1]
Rank 131 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Terminus
Heritage Corridor

Lockport is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lockport, Illinois. The station is 32.9 miles (52.9 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lockport is in zone G. The station is used only during rush hours.

Lockport Station was originally built in 1863 by the Chicago and Alton Railroad. 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.

Three blocks east of the station is the meeting place of the Blackhawk Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society at the Gladys Fox Museum.[4]

Bus connections

Pace "Route 834 – Joliet/Downers Grove". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus 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 - Heritage Corridor
  4. ↑ Blackhawk Chapter of the NRHS - Route Map


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