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Lockport station (Illinois)

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Owned by
  
City of Lockport

Tracks
  
2

Disabled access
  
Yes

Connection
  
Pace

Line(s)
  
Heritage Corridor

Connections
  
Pace Buses

Opened
  
1863

Platforms in use
  
2

Lockport station (Illinois)

Location
  
13th Street & State Street Lockport, Illinois

Address
  
Lockport, IL 60441, United States

Similar
  
Joliet Union Station, Joliet Iron and Steel Works, Pilcher Park Nature C, Chicago Union Station

Lockport is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lockport, Illinois. The station is 32.9 miles (52.9 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lockport is in zone G. The station is used only during rush hours.

Lockport Station was originally built in 1863 by the Chicago and Alton Railroad. 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.

Three blocks east of the station is the meeting place of the Blackhawk Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society at the Gladys Fox Museum.

Bus connections

Pace "Route 834 – Joliet/Downers Grove". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service. 

References

Lockport station (Illinois) Wikipedia