Joliet Gateway Center

Joliet Gateway Center
Joliet's Rock Island District platform in May 2016.
General information
Location90 East Jefferson Street
Joliet, Illinois
United States
Coordinates41°31′28″N 88°04′44″W / 41.52444°N 88.07889°W / 41.52444; -88.07889
Line(s)CN Joliet Subdivision (Amtrak/Heritage Corridor)
Joliet Sub District (Rock Island)
Platforms1 island platform (Amtrak/Heritage Corridor)
1 side platform (Rock Island District)
Tracks2 (Amtrak/Heritage Corridor)
1 (Rock Island District)
ConnectionsBus transport Pace: 501, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 511, 512, 832, 834[1]
Construction
Parking910 spaces, 29 accessible spaces[2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: JOL
Fare zone4 (Metra)
History
Opened2014 (temporary structure)
2018 (full structure)
Passengers
FY 202360,583 annually[3] (Amtrak)
2018996 (average weekday)[4]Increase 1.9% (Metra)
Rank51 out of 236 (Metra)[4]
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Dwight
toward St. Louis
Lincoln Service Summit
toward Chicago
Pontiac Texas Eagle Chicago
Terminus
Preceding station Metra Following station
Terminus Heritage Corridor Lockport
Rock Island New Lenox
Location
Map

Joliet Gateway Center is a multimodal mass transit center in downtown Joliet, Illinois. It opened in 2018, replacing the nearby Joliet Union Station as the commuter and passenger train station serving Joliet.

The station is the terminus of the Metra Rock Island District and Heritage Corridor, and an intermediate stop for the Amtrak Texas Eagle and Lincoln Service trains. The station's bus terminal opened in 2021, and serves 10 Pace bus routes.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference pace was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Joliet station information". Metra. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Metra 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).