Homewood station

Homewood is an Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter train station in Homewood, Illinois, United States. 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.
Location18015 Park Avenue
Homewood, Illinois 60430
United States
Coordinates41.5624°N 87.6686°W / 41.5624; -87.6686
Owned byCN/Metra[1]
Line(s)CN Chicago Subdivison (Amtrak)
University Park Sub District (Metra)
Platforms2 Island platforms
Tracks4 (2 Amtrak, 2 Metra Electric)
ConnectionsPace Buses
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeHMW (Amtrak)
Fare zoneE (Metra)
History
Opened1923
Electrified1926 (Metra only)
(1500 V DC)
Passengers
201444,624[2]  4.1% (Amtrak)
20181,171 (average weekday)[3]  10.5% (Metra)
Rank32 out of 236 (Metra)[3]
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
Calumet
toward Millennium Station
 Metra Electric District
Main Line
 Flossmoor
toward University Park
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
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
Homewood, IL
Location within Illinois

Served by the Metra Electric District, Homewood is 23.51 miles (37.84 km) from that line's northern terminus at Millennium Station.[4] 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 E. As of 2018, Homewood is the 32nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,171 weekday boardings.[3] It is also 25 miles (40 km) from Union Station, the northern terminus of the three Amtrak services which stop here.

History

The Illinois Central Railroad built Homewood in 1923 to serve the Panama Limited and Seminole Limited.[1][5] Three years later, commuter services began. In the 1960s the station also served such IC trains as the City of New Orleans, Creole, and Green Diamond. In 1971, Amtrak assumed control of the Illinois Central's passenger operations and continued to stop at Homewood. Metra purchased the commuter services in 1987. In 2003 the Homewood Rail Heritage Committee approved the installation of a train watching platform for railfans similar to that of the Rochelle Railroad Park in Rochelle, Illinois. As with many suburban Metra stations, bus connections are provided by Pace Transit Systems.

On the Metra Electric, it is a regular stop on the main line. On Amtrak, it is served by the regional Illini and Saluki and the long-distance City of New Orleans.

The Amtrak station closed in August 2020 for renovations.[5]

Bus connections

Pace

  • 356 Harvey/Homewood/Tinley Park
  • 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue
  • 372 Dixie Highway

References
  1. Great American Stations. Accessed March 21, 2013.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  4. Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line
  5. Nolan, Mike (28 September 2020). "Homewood's historic Amtrak train station overhaul underway; Metra station is next". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 September 2020.


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