Owned by Village of Brookfield Tracks 3 Parking Yes Owner Brookfield Platforms in use 2 | Connections Pace Bus Opened 1889 Phone +1 708-485-7287 Rebuilt 1981 | |
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Location 8858 Burlington AvenueBrookfield, Illinois Address 8858 Burlington Ave, Brookfield, IL 60513, USA Similar Hollywood station, Congress Park station, Stone Avenue station, La Grange Road station, Highlands station | ||
Brookfield is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 12.3 miles (19.8 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Brookfield is in zone C. A staffed station is on the south side of the three tracks.
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History
Brookfield Station was originally built in 1889 as Grossdale Station, when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer, began selling building lots platted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line. Brookfield itself was originally known as "Grossdale," and the station was the first building Gross erected in the new subdivision. In 1981 the original station house was moved across the tracks onto the corner of Brookfield Avenue and Forest Avenue, and now houses the Brookfield Historical Society. The current Brookfield station serves as standard commuter railroad station, while the old Grossdale Station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.
Bus connections
Pace "Route 331 – Cumberland - 5th Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.