Willow Springs | |||||||||||
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Address | 87th Street & Archer Willow Springs, Illinois |
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Connections | Pace Bus | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1870 | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | D | ||||||||||
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Willow Springs is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Willow Springs, Illinois. The station is 17.5 miles (28.2 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Willow Springs is in zone D.
The tracks run parallel to both the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. They also run along a former Chicago and Alton Railroad line, and shares the right-of-way with Amtrak's Lincoln Service and Texas Eagle trains, however, no Amtrak trains stop here.