Mannheim station (Illinois)

Mannheim
The Mannheim station in September 2016. Mannheim Road is in the background.
General information
Location	Front Street and Lincoln Street Franklin Park, Illinois
Coordinates	41.9416°N 87.8833°W / 41.9416; -87.8833
Owned by	Canadian Pacific Railway
Line(s)	Milwaukee District West
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1873
Services
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Mannheim is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Franklin Park, Illinois. The station is 14.0 miles (22.5 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Mannheim is in zone C. The reason this station is named because of Mannheim Road running right next to it. It is the only non-ADA-accessible station on the Milwaukee District West Line.

Mannheim Station is little more than a wooden shelter, which is smaller than Hanson Park Station further east. The station lies on the south side of Front Street between Lincoln and Ernst Streets. Parking is available on the north side of Front Street along the same block. It is just east of the large Canadian Pacific Bensenville Yard, which simply sits to the south of O'Hare Airport.

This station originally served as a milk stop for the village of Mannheim, Illinois. Mannheim was founded in the 1870s when the railroad was built through the area and was annexed into Franklin Park in the 1890s.

Bus connections

Pace

• "Route 319 – Grand Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
• "Route 330 – Mannheim/LaGrange Roads". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

External links

• Metra – Stations – Mannheim station (Illinois)
• Station from Google Maps Street View
• Railroad History of Franklin Park