Orland Park 179th Street station
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 The 179th Street station in April 2016. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 179th Street & Southwest Highway Orland Park, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°33′50″N 87°54′09″W / 41.5638°N 87.9025°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | F | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1992-93 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 190 (avg. weekday)[1] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 170 out of 236[2] | ||||||||||
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Orland Park 179th Street is a station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Orland Park, Illinois. The station is 28.7 miles (46.2 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 179th Street is in zone F. The station was the southern terminus of the line from the early 1990s to 2006 when it was extended to New Lenox and Manhattan. Although 179th Street is no longer the terminus of the SouthWest Service, most trains end their trips at this station. During peak hours trains continue to New Lenox and Manhattan.
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Metra Railfan Tips - SouthWest Service
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