Olympia Fields station explained

Style:Metra
Coordinates:41.5206°N -87.6904°W
Line:University Park Sub District
Structure:Elevated
Tracks:2 tracks
Parking:Yes
Opened:1856
Accessible:No
Owned:Metra
Zone:3
Passengers:679 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:5.6
Pass Rank:77 out of 236
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
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Olympia Fields is a station on Metra's Metra Electric Line located in Olympia Fields, Illinois. The station is located on 203rd Street two blocks east of Kedzie Avenue and is adjacent to the Olympia Fields Country Club. Olympia Fields is 26.6miles from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Olympia Fields is located in zone 3., Olympia Fields is the 77th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 679 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. The right-of-way also carries three Amtrak lines, the City of New Orleans, Illini and Saluki. None of the Amtrak trains stop here. Although the tracks are on an elevated fill, it is only high enough for a pedestrian underpass to the Olympia Fields Country Club. 203rd Street is a dead end street at the station. There is no ticket agent at Olympia Fields, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line . Web.me.com . 2013-11-26.
  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.