Visiting
Homewood - By Train
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The
Metra Electric line between far south suburban University Park and Millennium
Station (in the heart of downtown Chicago on the lakefront) is Metra's busiest
line with numerous rush hour trains, hourly service at off-peak times and Saturdays,
and every-other-hour service on Sundays and Holidays. For
more information and a complete schedule, call (312) 836-7000 or go to
www.metrarail.com
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Homewood
is on Amtrak's Chicago-Champaign-Carbondale, IL corridor
and is served by six trains daily:
| Southbound
from Chicago | | Northbound
to Chicago |
Saluki | Illini | City
of
New
Orleans | | City
of
New
Orleans | Saluki | Illini |
| 391 | 393 | 59 | Train
Number | 58 | 390 | 392 |
| 8:56
AM | 4:46
PM | 8:54
PM | Homewood,
IL | 7:44
AM | 11:44
AM | 9:27
PM |
to
Carbondale | to
Carbondale | to
New
Orleans | | from
New
Orleans | from
Carbondale
| from
Carbondale |
Note:
Schedule as of May 11, 2009. Passengers not carried locally on Amtrak between
Homewood and Chicago except when connecting at Chicago to/from other Amtrak
trains.
For
more information about Amtrak and complete up-to-date schedules,
call 1-800-USA-RAIL
or go to www.amtrak.com
Visiting
Homewood - By Auto
The Tri-State Tollway (I-80/I-294) goes directly over Markham Yard and
the Woodcrest shops.
From
the west: Take exit #4 at Dixie Highway and drive south, straight into
Homewood. To get to the viewing platform, follow Dixie Highway as it turns left
underneath the tracks and then take an immediate right on to Harwood Avenue. Keep
going south on Harwood Avenue until you see the platform at the end of the Pace
bus terminal. To go to the equipment display, do not turn left on to Dixie Highway,
but keep going straight on Park Avenue to the station. The equipment display will
be on your left.
From
the east: Take exit #3 at Halsted Street, head south to Ridge Road
and turn west (right) to head into downtown Homewood. Ridge Road will terminate
at the eastern entrance to the passenger station access tunnel. The viewing platform
is one block south of Ridge Road on Harwood Avenue at the end of the Pace bus
terminal. To reach the equipment display, take Harwood Avenue south to 183rd Street.
Turn west (right) on 183rd and go under the tracks, followed by an immediate right
on to Park Avenue. Head north to the passenger station.
Parking:
Paid commuter parking is available next to the Homewood station on the west side
of the tracks, but fills up quickly on weekdays. The commuter parking on
the east side is permit only and is strictly enforced both weekdays and weekends.
Please note that those who do not pay will be ticketed and/or towed. Free
public parking is available as marked on the street and in various lots throughout
downtown Homewood on the east side of the tracks.
For
more on the Village of Homewood, please visit their website: www.homesweethomewood.com
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