Rock Island District

Rock Island District
Rock Island trains at LaSalle.
Overview
OwnerMetra
Termini
Stations15 (via Main Line)
24 (via Suburban Line)
26 (total) (1 under construction)
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Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetra
Operator(s)Metra, CSX, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Chicago Rail Link
Daily ridership32,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
History
OpenedApril 1, 1870[2]
Technical
Line length40.0 mi (64.4 km)
6.7 mi (10.8 km) Suburban Branch (Gresham Jct.—Blue Island)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Map Rock Island District highlighted in red
◇ = under construction
LaSalle |
0 mi
LaSalle Street
3.2 mi
5.1 km
35th Street
47th Street Yard and Shops
Amtrak
6.7 mi
10.8 km
7.2 mi
11.6 km
Normal Park
7.8 mi
12.6 km
Hamilton Park
8.6 mi
13.8 km
Gresham
9.8 mi
15.8 km
Amtrak
Beverly Branch
Brainerd
10.6 mi
17.1 km
91st Street–Beverly Hills
11.3 mi
18.2 km
95th Street–Beverly Hills
11.7 mi
18.8 km
10.9 mi
17.5 km
95th Street–Longwood
99th Street–Beverly Hills
12.3 mi
19.8 km
11.4 mi
18.3 km
99th Street–Longwood
103rd Street–Beverly Hills
12.8 mi
20.6 km
12.0 mi
19.3 km
103rd Street–Washington Heights
107th Street–Beverly Hills
13.3 mi
21.4 km
111th Street–Morgan Park
13.8 mi
22.2 km
12.9 mi
20.8 km
Givins
115th Street–Morgan Park
14.3 mi
23 km
119th Street
14.8 mi
23.8 km
123rd Street
15.2 mi
24.5 km
Prairie Street
15.8 mi
25.4 km
enlarge… ME to Millennium Station
Blue Island Coach Yard
ME Blue Island
16.4 mi
26.4 km
15.7 mi
25.3 km
Blue Island–Vermont Street
17.2 mi
27.7 km
Robbins
18.4 mi
29.6 km
Midlothian
20.4 mi
32.8 km
Oak Forest
23.5 mi
37.8 km
Tinley Park
25.1 mi
40.4 km
Tinley Park–80th Avenue
27.0 mi
43.5 km
Hickory Creek
29.6 mi
47.6 km
Mokena
Hickory Creek
enlarge… SWS
34.0 mi
54.7 km
New Lenox
Hickory Creek
Joliet Coach Yard
UpperLeft arrow enlarge… HC/Amtrak to Union Station
40.0 mi
64.4 km
Joliet Amtrak
Amtrak
Key
Rock Island District
Other Metra lines
Other freight lines
CTA lines
Mileage source[3]

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible except
Gresham, 123rd Street, and Prairie Street.

The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Rock Island District line are "Rocket Red" in honor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's Rocket passenger trains.[4]

  1. ^ "Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  2. ^ Carlson, Norman (ed.). "Metra 2020: My Metra, Major Construction Projects and New Car Procurement". First & Fastest. 37 (1). Shore Line Interurban Historical Society: 10.
  3. ^ State of the System - Rock Island
  4. ^ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02.