Brookfield is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 12.3 miles (19.8 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.[4] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Brookfield is in zone 2. As of 2018, Brookfield is the 93rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 546 weekday boardings.[3] A staffed station is on the south side of the three tracks.
Brookfield
The platforms of Brookfield station in September 2016.
As of April 29, 2024, Brookfield is served by 25 inbound and 27 outbound trains (52 total) on Weekdays. Of the Weekday trains, 2 originate and 5 terminate in Brookfield. 33 trains (16 inbound and 17 outbound) stop at Brookfield on Weekends and Holidays.
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," the name a request by Gross in return for the land used by the railroad.[2] 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.[5]
^At partially accessible stations, customers using mobility devices can access and use trains; however, the stations may not have other accessibility features such as accessible bathrooms, Braille signage, visual display announcements, etc.
^"History of Brookfield". brookfieldil.gov. Brookfield, Illinois. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
^ ab"What! Change Name of Grossdale? Not if Founder Lives". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. June 8, 1905. p. 10. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abc(PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
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