Flossmoor station

Flossmoor
Location Flossmoor & Sterling Roads
Flossmoor, IL
Coordinates 41°32′36″N 87°40′42″W / 41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349Coordinates: 41°32′36″N 87°40′42″W / 41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349
Owned by Metra
Line(s)
  Metra Electric District
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Pace bus service
Construction
Structure type Tudor revival on Elevated
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone E
History
Opened 1856
Rebuilt 1906
Electrified 1926
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Metra Electric District
Main Line

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.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Flossmoor is located in zone E. 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

  1. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line

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