Homewood station

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Homewood, IL
Homewood station in March 2017. The former Illinois Central Railroad station is on the left, the Metra platform in the center and the Amtrak platform on the right.
General information
Location	18015 Park Avenue Homewood, Illinois United States
Coordinates	41°33′45″N 87°40′07″W / 41.5624°N 87.6686°W / 41.5624; -87.6686
Owned by	CN/Metra[1]
Line(s)	CN Chicago Subdivision (Amtrak) University Park Sub District (Metra)
Platforms	2 Island platforms
Tracks	4 (2 Amtrak, 2 Metra Electric)
Connections	Pace
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: HMW
Fare zone	3 (Metra)
History
Opened	1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC (Metra)
Passengers
FY 2023	35,220 annually[2] (Amtrak)
2018	1,171 (average weekday)[3]  10.5% (Metra)
Rank	32 out of 236 (Metra)[3]
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Kankakee toward New Orleans City of New Orleans Chicago Terminus Kankakee toward Carbondale Illini and Saluki Preceding station Metra Following station Flossmoor toward University Park Metra Electric Main Line Calumet toward Millennium Station
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Chicago Terminus James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington 1971–1974 Kankakee (Penn Central) toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News Rantoul toward Champaign–Urbana Campus 1971–1972 Chicago–Central Terminus Kankakee (Penn Central) toward St. Petersburg or Miami Floridian (rerouted 1972) Chicago–Central toward Chicago Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Matteson toward New Orleans Main Line Harvey toward Chicago Flossmoor toward Richton Electric Suburban Main Line Calumet toward Randolph Street
Track layout Legend CONO, Illini and Saluki north to Chicago Union Station ME north to Millennium Dixie Hwy. ME south to University Park CONO south to New Orleans Illini and Saluki south to Carbondale
Location

Homewood station is an Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter train station in Homewood, Illinois. It is also the location of the Homewood Railroad Park Museum.

Served by the Metra Electric District, Homewood is 23.5 miles (37.8 km) from that line's northern terminus at Millennium Station.^[4] 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 3. As of 2018^[update], Homewood is the 32nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,171 weekday boardings.^[3] It is also 25 miles (40 km) from Union Station, the northern terminus of the three Amtrak services which stop here.