Hollywood station (Illinois)
Hollywood (Zoo Stop) | |||||||||||
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Location | Golf Road and Hollywood Avenue Brookfield, Illinois | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°49′27″N 87°50′01″W / 41.8242°N 87.8337°WCoordinates: 41°49′27″N 87°50′01″W / 41.8242°N 87.8337°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Chicago Subdivision | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections | Pace Buses | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | C | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1893 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1976[citation needed] | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018 | 120 (average weekday)[1] 0% | ||||||||||
Rank | 181 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||
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Hollywood is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 11.7 miles (18.8 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hollywood is in zone C. As of 2018, Hollywood is the 181st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 120 weekday boardings.[1] An unstaffed shelter is on the north side of the three tracks.
Hollywood station is the main stop for the Brookfield Zoo. It was originally built in 1893 when , 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. He did the same thing with the current Brookfield station in 1889,[3] and the former West Grossdale station in 1895.[4] All three developments built by Gross voted to be incorporated into the Village of Grossdale. After Gross divorced his first wife, married a teenager, filed for bankruptcy and moved to Michigan, the residents voted to change the name of the village to Brookfield as well as two of the stations in 1905.[5][6] Hollywood station, however, kept its original name.
Bus connections[]
- "Route 304 – Cicero - LaGrange". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
- "Route 331 – Cumberland - 5th Avenue". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
- ^ Brookfield Historical Society; The Village
- ^ Brookfield Historical Society; The Village
- ^ Brookfield Historical Society; The Village
- ^ Kogan, Rick (August 24, 2003). "A life in three acts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
External links[]
- Metra – Stations – Hollywood station (Illinois)
- Station from Hollywood Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Metra templates
- Brookfield, Illinois
- Metra stations in Illinois
- Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893
- Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois
- Illinois railway station stubs