Lemont (Metra station)
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101 Main Street Lemont, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°40′25″N 88°00′09″W / 41.6737°N 88.0024°WCoordinates: 41°40′25″N 88°00′09″W / 41.6737°N 88.0024°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1859 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 456 (avg. weekday 2014)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 110 out of 236[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lemont is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lemont, Illinois. The station is 25.3 miles (40.7 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lemont is in zone E.
Lemont Station was originally built by the Chicago and Alton Railroad in 1859 and designed in a manner similar to that of Lockport Station. The tracks run parallel to the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and shares the right-of-way with Amtrak's Lincoln Service and Texas Eagle trains, however, no Amtrak trains stop here.