Blue Island station
Blue Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location |
Vermont Street near Irving Avenue Blue Island, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°39′21″N 87°40′34″W / 41.6559°N 87.6761°WCoordinates: 41°39′21″N 87°40′34″W / 41.6559°N 87.6761°W | |||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | |||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 Island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Pace | |||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | D | |||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1500v DC | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Blue Island is a Metra train station. It is the terminal station of the Metra Electric District line from downtown Chicago, Illinois to Blue Island, Illinois. It is in fare Zone D.
The Vermont Street Metra station on the south side of Vermont Street serves Metra's Rock Island District, which service splits at that station creating a spur Suburban Line which services stations in Blue Island, Morgan Park, Beverly Hills, Brainard and Auburn/Gresham, with some rush-hour trains heading north-east on the main line. Blue Island and Vermont Street stations share the same parking facilities and bus connections.
Bus connections
- 348 Harvey/Riverdale/Blue Island
- 349 South Western
- 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue
- 385 87th/111th/127th
External links
- Media related to Blue Island (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
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