Flossmoor station

Flossmoor is a station on Metra's Metra Electric Line located in Flossmoor, Illinois. The station is located at Flossmoor Road and Sterling Road. Flossmoor is 24.93 miles (40.12 km) from Millennium Station, the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Flossmoor is located in zone E. As of 2018, Flossmoor is the 60th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 859 weekday boardings.[1] The station is on a solid-fill elevated structure and consists of a 1906-built Illinois Central Railroad building next to one island platform which serves the Metra Electric Line's two tracks. There is no ticket agent at Flossmoor, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room. The old station house is used as a local restaurant and beer brewery, and contains an ice cream shop for kids that operates out of a former Illinois Central Railroad caboose.

Flossmoor
Flossmoor station in January 2010.
General information
Location	Flossmoor & Sterling Roads Flossmoor, Illinois
Coordinates	41.543435°N 87.678349°W / 41.543435; -87.678349
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	University Park Sub District
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace bus service
Construction
Structure type	Tudor Revival on elevated
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	E
History
Opened	1856
Rebuilt	1906
Electrified	1500v DC
Passengers
2018	859 (average weekday)[1]  4.2%
Rank	60 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Olympia Fields toward University Park Metra Electric Main Line Homewood toward Millennium Station
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Olympia Fields toward Richton Electric Suburban Main Line Homewood toward Randolph Street
Track layout ME north to Millennium Flossmoor Rd. ME south to University Park
Location