Joliet Transportation Center

Transit hub in Illinois, US

41°31′28″N 88°04′44″W / 41.52444°N 88.07889°W / 41.52444; -88.07889Line(s)CP Joliet SubdivisionPlatforms1 island platform (Amtrak/Heritage Corridor)
1 side platform (Rock Island District)Tracks2 (Amtrak/Heritage Corridor)
1 (Rock Island District)ConnectionsBus transport Pace: 501, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 511, 832, 834[1]ConstructionParking910 spaces, 29 accessible spaces[1]AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: JOLFare zone4 (Metra)HistoryOpened2014 (temporary structure)
2018 (full structure)PassengersFY 202254,905 annually[2] (Amtrak)2018996 (average weekday)[3] Increase 1.9% (Metra)Rank51 out of 236 (Metra)[3] Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Dwight
toward St. Louis
 Lincoln Service Summit
toward Chicago
Pontiac
toward Los Angeles or San Antonio
 Texas Eagle Chicago
Terminus
Preceding station Metra Following station
Terminus Heritage Corridor Lockport
toward Union Station
Rock Island New Lenox
toward LaSalle Street
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Chicago St.
HC/Amtrak
northeast to Union Station
Van Buren St.
HC/Amtrak platform (HC ends)
Illinois 53.svg IL 53 (Scott St.)
Mayor Art Schultz Dr.
US 30.svg US 30 (Jefferson St.)
US 6.svgUS 30.svg US 6 / US 30 (Jefferson St.)
Washington St.
RI platform (RI ends)
RI
northeast to LaSalle Street
Washington St.
US 6.svgIllinois 53.svg US 6 / IL 53 (Chicago St.)
Eastern Ave.
Amtrak southwest to
St. Louis or San Antonio
York Ave.
Key
 Joliet Transportation Center (right)
Joliet Union Station (left)
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The Joliet Transportation Center is a multimodal mass transit center linking passenger bus routes, two Metra commuter lines, and Amtrak passenger trains in the city of Joliet, Illinois. It has replaced Joliet Union Station as the commuter and passenger train station serving Joliet. Union Station ceased to provide train service in September 2014,[4] and a temporary station opened. Groundbreaking for the new Joliet Transportation Center took place late in 2016, with construction beginning shortly afterward.[5] After several delays, the station officially opened on April 11, 2018.[6][7]

The Joliet Transportation Center is 37.2 miles (59.9 km) from Chicago Union Station on Metra's Heritage Corridor and serves as the northern terminus for service; and is 40 miles (64.4 km) from Chicago's LaSalle Street Station on Metra's Rock Island District and serves as the northern terminus for service. It is the only Metra station outside of its Chicago stations where two lines terminate. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Joliet is in zone 4 on both lines.

As of 2018, Joliet is the 51st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 996 weekday boardings.[3]

For Metra, as of 2023, Joliet is served by 42 Rock Island District trains (21 in each direction) on weekdays, by 21 trains (ten inbound, eleven outbound) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.[8] On weekdays, the station is also served by three inbound Heritage Corridor trains in the morning and three outbound trains in the evening.[9]

For Amtrak, as of 2024, Joliet is served by eight Lincoln Service trains (four in each direction) and two Texas Eagle trains (one in each direction), every day.[10]

As of 2022, Amtrak hopes, in the future, to reroute its trains serving Joliet from the CN trackage currently used by both Amtrak and Heritage Corridor trains to travel from here to Chicago Union Station to instead travel via the Rock Island District as part of a number of large-budget projects to improve its operations in the Chicago-area. If this occurs, Amtrak intends to construct a new platform at the Joliet Transportation Center designed to serve Amtrak trains traveling into and out of Chicago on Rock Island District trackage.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Joliet station information". Metra. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Wimbiscus, Bill. "Final train departs Union Station". The Herald-News. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Okon, Bob (October 8, 2016). "Yes, Joliet, a train station is being built". The Herald-News. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Okon, Bob (October 26, 2017). "Train station exterior nearly done; opening slated for early 2018". The Herald-News. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Fabbre, Alicia (April 11, 2018). "New train station opens for commuters in Joliet, ending a six-year wait". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Rock Island Line schedule" (PDF). Metra. November 27, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  9. ^ "Heritage Corridor schedule" (PDF). Metra. December 12, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "Lincoln Service & Missouri River Runner schedule" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. December 10, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  11. ^ Johnston, Bob (June 10, 2022). "Amtrak unveils infrastructure plan to transform Chicago operations". Trains. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

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