Flossmoor station

Flossmoor is a station on Metra's 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.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Flossmoor is located in zone E. As of 2018, Flossmoor is the 60th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 859 weekday boardings.[1] 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.

Flossmoor
LocationFlossmoor & Sterling Roads
Flossmoor, IL
Coordinates41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349
Owned byMetra
Line(s)University Park Sub District
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsPace bus service
Construction
Structure typeTudor revival on Elevated
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneE
History
Opened1856
Rebuilt1906
Electrified1926
Passengers
2018859 (average weekday)[1] 4.2%
Rank60 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Homewood Metra Electric District
Main Line
Olympia Fields
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Olympia Fields
toward Richton
Electric Suburban
Main Line
Homewood

References

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