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°WCoordinates: 41°35′06″N 88°03′37″W / 41.5851°N 88.0602°W
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 Joliet Terminus Heritage Corridor Lemont toward Chicago Union Station   Former services   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Joliet toward Los Angeles Main Line Romeoville toward Chicago Dearborn Station

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. http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
2. http://metrarail.com/content/dam/metra/documents/Planning/2014Count_Summary10.pdf
3. Metra Railfan Tips - Heritage Corridor
4. Blackhawk Chapter of the NRHS - Route Map

External links

• Metra – Stations – Lockport station (Illinois)

• Station from 13th Street from Google Maps Street View