Homewood station

Homewood station is an Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter train station in Homewood, Illinois. It is also the location of the Homewood Railroad Park Museum.

For other uses, see Homewood station (disambiguation).
Homewood, IL
Homewood station in March 2017. The former Illinois Central Railroad station is on the left, the Metra platform in the center and the Amtrak platform on the right.
General information
Location18015 Park Avenue
Homewood, Illinois
United States
Coordinates41.5624°N 87.6686°W / 41.5624; -87.6686
Owned byCN/Metra
Line(s)CN Chicago Subdivision (Amtrak)
University Park Sub District (Metra)
Platforms2 Island platforms
Tracks4 (2 Amtrak, 2 Metra Electric)
Connections Pace
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: HMW
Fare zone3 (Metra)
History
Opened1923 (1923)
ElectrifiedOverhead line, 1,500 V DC (Metra)
Passengers
FY 202226,722 annually (Amtrak)
20181,171 (average weekday)  10.5% (Metra)
Rank32 out of 236 (Metra)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Kankakee
toward New Orleans
 City of New Orleans Chicago
Terminus
Kankakee
toward Carbondale
 Illini and Saluki
Preceding station Metra Following station
Flossmoor
toward University Park
 Metra Electric
Main Line
 Calumet
toward Millennium Station
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Chicago
Terminus
 James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
1971–1974
 Kankakee (Penn Central)
toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News
Rantoul
toward Champaign–Urbana
 Campus
1971–1972
 Chicago–Central
Terminus
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Matteson
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Harvey
toward Chicago
Flossmoor
toward Richton
 Electric Suburban
Main Line
 Calumet
toward Randolph Street
Location

Served by the Metra Electric District, Homewood is 23.5 miles (37.8 km) from that line's northern terminus at Millennium Station. It is six stops away from the line's southern terminus at University Park. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Homewood is located in zone 3. As of 2018, Homewood is the 32nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,171 weekday boardings. It is also 25 miles (40 km) from Union Station, the northern terminus of the three Amtrak services which stop here.

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