Flossmoor station

Flossmoor is a station on Metra's Electric Line located in Flossmoor, Illinois. The station is located at Flossmoor Road and Sterling Road. Flossmoor is 24.93 miles (40.12 km) from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Flossmoor is located in zone E. The station is on a solid-fill elevated structure and consists of a 1906-built Illinois Central Railroad building next to one island platform which serves the Metra Electric Line's two tracks. There is no ticket agent at Flossmoor, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room. The old station house is used as a local restaurant and beer brewery, and contains an ice cream shop for kids that operates out of a former Illinois Central Railroad caboose.

Flossmoor
Location	Flossmoor & Sterling Roads Flossmoor, IL
Coordinates	41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	University Park Sub District
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace bus service
Construction
Structure type	Tudor revival on Elevated
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	E
History
Opened	1856
Rebuilt	1906
Electrified	1926
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Homewood toward Millennium Station Metra Electric District Main Line Olympia Fields toward University Park
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Olympia Fields toward Richton Electric Suburban Main Line Homewood toward Randolph Street

References

1. Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line

External links

• Media related to Flossmoor station at Wikimedia Commons

• Metra – Stations – Flossmoor
• Dynamic Depot Maps image
• Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery and Old Caboose Ice Cream Shop
• Flossmoor Road entrance from Google Maps Street View