Brookfield station (Illinois)

Brookfield

Location

8858 Burlington Avenue
Brookfield, Illinois

Coordinates

41°49′19″N 87°50′36″W / 41.8220°N 87.8432°WCoordinates: 41°49′19″N 87°50′36″W / 41.8220°N 87.8432°W

Owned by

Village of Brookfield

Line(s)

BNSF Railway

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

Pace Bus

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Bicycle racks at Burlington and Forest Avenues

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1889

Rebuilt

1981

Previous names

Grossdale (1889-1905)

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

607 (avg. weekday)^[1]

Rank

85 out of 236^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Metra		Following station
Congress Park toward Aurora		BNSF Railway		Hollywood toward Chicago Union Station

Brookfield is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 12.3 miles (19.8 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.^[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Brookfield is in zone C. A staffed station is on the south side of the three tracks.

History

The old Brookfield Station, now a museum.

Brookfield Station was originally built in 1889 as Grossdale Station, when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer, began selling building lots platted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line. Brookfield itself was originally known as "Grossdale," and the station was the first building Gross erected in the new subdivision. In 1981 the original station house was moved across the tracks onto the corner of Brookfield Avenue and Forest Avenue, and now houses the Brookfield Historical Society. The current Brookfield station serves as standard commuter railroad station, while the old Grossdale Station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.^[4]

Bus connections

Pace "Route 331 – Cumberland - 5th Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

References

External links

Metra – Stations – Brookfield station (Illinois)

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