Harvey station (Illinois)

Harvey is one of two Metra Electric commuter rail stations along the line's Main Branch in Harvey, Illinois. The station is located at Park Avenue and 154th Street, and is 20 miles (32 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Harvey is in zone D.

Harvey
LocationPark Avenue & 154th Street
Harvey, Illinois
Coordinates41.6086°N 87.6437°W / 41.6086; -87.6437
Owned byMetra
Line(s)University Park Sub District
Platforms1 Island platform (formerly 2)
Tracks2
Connections Pace Buses
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes; Bicycle racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneD
History
Opened1856
Rebuilt1926, 2001
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
147th Street (Sibley Boulevard)
toward Millennium Station
 Metra Electric District
Main Line
 Hazel Crest
toward University Park
Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Homewood
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Kensington
toward Chicago
Hazel Crest
toward Richton
 Electric Suburban
Main Line
 147th Street
toward Randolph Street
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Kankakee
toward Cincinnati
 Chicago – Cincinnati (Big Four) Kensington
toward Chicago

Compared to most stations along the Metra Electric line, including Harvey's other station at 147th Street, Harvey is quite grand in its appearance, at least in the vicinity of its given location. The station is located two blocks from City Hall, and next to Pace's Harvey Transportation Center.[2]

Parking is available along Park Avenue and the west side of the tracks between 155th Street and a bridge for a Canadian National Railway line that crosses underneath the Metra Electric Main Branch, as well as the Amtrak line that runs parallel to it, carrying the City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki trains. These tracks carried the intercity-trains of the Illinois Central until 1971, and most trains stopped here. It also contains a much larger parking lot on the east side of the tracks surrounded by 155th Street, Commercial Avenue, and 156th Street.

On the evening of October 12, 1979, a switchman incorrectly aligned a switch in front of an oncoming Amtrak train, leading it to go across a now-removed crossover into a stationary freight train. The resulting crash killed 2 crew members of the freight train in what would become known as the Harvey, Illinois train collision.

Bus connections
Pace Bus connections are made at the adjacent Harvey Transportation Center

Pace

  • 348 Harvey/Riverdale/Blue Island (Monday–Saturday only)
  • 349 South Western
  • 350 Sibley
  • 352 Halsted (24/7 service)
  • 354 Harvey/Oak Forest Loop (Monday–Saturday only)
  • 356 Harvey/Homewood/Tinley Park
  • 360 Harvey/Amazon Monee Express (Amazon shifts only)
  • 361 Harvey/Laraway Crossings Express (Amazon shifts only)
  • 364 159th Street
  • 877 Harvey/Downers Grove (weekday rush hours only)
  • 890 Chicago Heights/UPS Hodgkins (Weekday UPS shifts only)

References
  1. Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric
  2. City of Harvey Website - Transportation
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