Homewood station


Homewood is an Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter train station in Homewood, Illinois, United States. It is also the location of the Homewood Railroad Park Museum.
Served by the Metra Electric District, Homewood is from that line's northern terminus at Millennium Station. It is six stops away from the line's southern terminus at University Park. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Homewood is located in zone E. It is also from Union Station, the northern terminus of the three Amtrak services which stop here.

History

The Illinois Central Railroad built Homewood in 1923 to serve the Panama Limited and Seminole Limited. Three years later, commuter services began. In the 1960s the station also served such IC trains as the City of New Orleans, Creole, and Green Diamond. In 1971, Amtrak assumed control of the Illinois Central's passenger operations and continued to stop at Homewood. Metra purchased the commuter services in 1987. In 2003 the Homewood Rail Heritage Committee approved the installation of a train watching platform for railfans similar to that of the Rochelle Railroad Park in Rochelle, Illinois. As with many suburban Metra stations, bus connections are provided by Pace Transit Systems.
On the Metra Electric, it is a regular stop on the main line. On Amtrak, it is served by the regional and the long-distance City of New Orleans.

Bus connections

Pace