Brookfield station (Illinois)

Brookfield is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 12.3 miles (19.8 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Brookfield is in zone C. As of 2018, Brookfield is the 93rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 546 weekday boardings.[1] A staffed station is on the south side of the three tracks.

Brookfield
The platforms of the Brookfield station in September 2016.
Location8858 Burlington Avenue
Brookfield, Illinois
Coordinates41.8220°N 87.8432°W / 41.8220; -87.8432
Owned byVillage of Brookfield
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsPace Bus
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle racks at Burlington and Forest Avenues
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneC
History
Opened1889
Rebuilt1981
Previous namesGrossdale (1889-1905)
Passengers
2018546 (average weekday)[1]  4.5%
Rank93 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Congress Park
toward Aurora
 BNSF Railway Hollywood
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Congress Park
toward Aurora
 Suburban Service Hollywood
toward Chicago

History
The old Brookfield station, now a museum.

Brookfield station was originally built in 1889 as Grossdale station, when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer, began selling building lots platted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line. Brookfield itself was originally known as "Grossdale," and the station was the first building Gross erected in the new subdivision. In 1981 the original station house was moved across the tracks onto the corner of Brookfield Avenue and Forest Avenue, and now houses the Brookfield Historical Society. The current Brookfield station serves as a standard commuter railroad station, while the old Grossdale station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.[3]

Bus connections

Pace

  • "Route 331 – Cumberland/5th Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

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 - BNSF Railway Line
  3. Cook County, Illinois listings at NRHP.COM (Building - #82004912)


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