Manhattan station

Manhattan is a commuter railroad station on Metra's SouthWest Service located in the town of Manhattan, Illinois. The station is the southern terminus of the line. The Manhattan station opened on January 30, 2006, as part of a southern extension of the SouthWest Service. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Manhattan is in zone I and is located 40.3 miles (64.9 km) from Chicago's Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[3] It is the southernmost station of the entire Metra system. As of 2018, Manhattan is the 228th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 19 weekday boardings. The station's rank is tied with the neighboring Laraway Road station.[2]

Manhattan
Manhattan station in September 2016.
Location	15601 West Sweedler Road Manhattan, Illinois
Coordinates	41.4186°N 87.9890°W
Owned by	Metra
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	I
History
Opened	1880 (Wabash) January 30, 2006 (Metra)[1]
Closed	1962 (Wabash)
Passengers
2018	19 (average weekday)[2]  13.6%
Rank	228 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Terminus SouthWest Service Laraway Road toward Union Station
Former services Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station Symerton toward Kansas City Main Line Brisbane toward Chicago

Metra operates six Saturday trains to the station; They consist of two morning, and one afternoon inbound trains towards Union Station from Manhattan, and two afternoon, and one late evening outbound trains towards Manhattan. Metra also operates four weekday trains to Manhattan. There are two inbound trains to Union Station in the morning and two outbound trains in the evening. All other weekday SouthWest Service trains terminate at either Orland Park 179th Street, the former terminus of the line, or Orland Park 153rd Street. Manhattan station consists of a station house and one platform serving a single track; the SouthWest Service operates on only one track from Orland Park 143rd Street southward.

Station layout

The Manhattan station consists of a single track and a single platform. The platform has an enclosed shelter that is open 24/7 but has no staffed ticket window. The single track is long enough to accommodate out-of-service trains, but due to the station's low train volume, most trains simply arrive and depart. One freight train, the Norfolk Southern Manhattan Local, runs on the track that splits off from the Manhattan station to the Manhattan Oil Refinery.

References

1. Lafferty, Susan DeMar (February 2, 2006). "All Aboard". The Star. Tinley Park, Illinois. p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2019.
3. "iCloud". Retrieved April 21, 2016.

External links

• Metra – Stations – Manhattan