Calumet station (Illinois) explained

Style:Metra
Coordinates:41.5727°N -87.6628°W
Line:University Park Sub District
Other:Pace bus service:
356 Harvey/Homewood/Tinley Park
Structure:Elevated
Tracks:2 tracks
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes; Bicycle racks
Opened:1856
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Metra
Zone:2
Passengers:1,077 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:8.9
Pass Rank:46 out of 236
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. ff4e00
Zoom:15

Calumet is a station on Metra's Metra Electric Line located in East Hazel Crest, Illinois. The station is officially located at Park Avenue and 174th Street, near the Calumet Country Club, however the actual location is on Wood Street south of 174th Street. Park Avenue terminates at 171st Street. Calumet is 22.8miles from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Calumet is located in zone 2., Calumet is the 46th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,077 weekday boardings.[2] The station is on a solid-fill elevated structure and consists of one island platform which serves the Metra Electric Line's two tracks. There is no agent at Calumet, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room.

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Notes and References

  1. http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmelec.html Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line
  2. Web site: Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018. April 2019. Metra. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf. 26 May 2019.