Vermont Street (Metra)

Vermont Street Blue Island
Station statistics
Address	2300 West Grove Street Blue Island, Illinois
Coordinates	41°39′17″N 87°40′40″W / 41.6548°N 87.6778°W / 41.6548; -87.6778Coordinates: 41°39′17″N 87°40′40″W / 41.6548°N 87.6778°W / 41.6548; -87.6778
Line(s)	Rock Island District
Connections	Pace Bus
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	1868
Accessible
Fare zone	D
Services
Ticket Vending Machines Preceding station   Metra   Following station Robbins toward Joliet Rock Island District Prairie Street toward LaSalle Street Washington Heights Rush hour toward LaSalle Street Metra Electric Burr Oak toward Millennium Station Metra Electric District Transfer at: Blue Island Terminus     Former services     Rock Island Line Midlothian toward Denver or Colorado Springs Main Line Washington Heights toward Chicago

Vermont Street is a station on Metra's Rock Island District, in Blue Island, Illinois, 16.4 miles (26.4 km) from LaSalle Street, the northern terminus of the line.^[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Vermont Street is in zone D.

The Rock Island service splits to the north of the station; most trains travel north over the Suburban Line, while some rush-hour trains travel north-east. Blue Island Station to the north of Vermont Street is the western terminus of the Blue Island branch of the Metra Electric. Vermont Street Station and Blue Island Station share the same parking facilities and the same bus connections.

Though there are two stations at this location, and trains do not use the same platform areas (or even the same tracks near and at the platforms), nonetheless this station functionally allows riders on the Metra Electric Blue Island Branch to switch to the Rock Island District trains and vice versa with only a very short walk (less than an eighth of a mile).

Tracks

There are four tracks: two on the main line and two on the Beverly Branch.

Bus connections

CTA

49A - South Western

Pace

• Pace 348 – Riverdale Connector

• Pace 349 – South Western

• Pace 359 – Robbins / South Kedzie Avenue

• Pace 385 – 87th / 111th / 127th

References

External links

• Media related to Vermont Street (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra – Stations – Vermont Street (Metra)

• Old image of former Rock Island Station (Rock Island Technical Society)
• Station from Vermont Street from Google Maps Street View