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Lockport
General information
Location	13th Street & State Street Lockport, Illinois
Coordinates	41°35′06″N 88°03′37″W / 41.5851°N 88.0602°W / 41.5851; -88.0602
Owned by	City of Lockport
Line(s)	CN Joliet Subdivision MT2
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Pace Buses
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1863
Passengers
2018	344 (average weekday)  16.5%
Rank	136 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station JolietTerminus Heritage Corridor Romeovilletoward Union Station
Former services Preceding station Metra Following station JolietTerminus Heritage Corridor 5th Streetclosed 1988toward Union Station Preceding station Alton Railroad Following station State Prisontoward St. Louis Main Line Lemonttoward Chicago
Track layout Legend HC northeast to Union Station 13th St. HC southwest to Joliet
Location

Lockport station is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lockport, Illinois. The station is 32.9 miles (52.9 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lockport is in zone 4. As of 2018, Lockport is the 136th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 344 weekday boardings. As of February 15, 2024, Lockport is served by three inbound trains in the morning and three outbound trains in the evening on weekdays only.

Lockport station was originally built in 1863 by the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The tracks run parallel to the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and shares the right-of-way with Amtrak's Lincoln Service and Texas Eagle trains, however, no Amtrak trains stop here.

Three blocks east of the station is the meeting place of the Blackhawk Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society at the Gladys Fox Museum.

Bus connections

Pace

• 834 Joliet/Downers Grove

References

1. ^ "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
2. Metra Railfan Tips - Heritage Corridor
3. "Blackhawk Chapter of the NRHS - Route Map". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
4. "Route 834 – Joliet/Downers Grove". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

External links

• Metra – Stations – Lockport station (Illinois)
• Station from 13th Street from Google Maps Street View

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