Burr Oak station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header|Burr Oak | icon={{ric|Metra|me|Blue Island}}}} | type = | image = Platform at Burr Oak, looking southwest (52951438246).jpg | image_caption = | address = Burr Oak Avenue near Lincoln Street<br />[[Blue Island, Illinois]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.6622|-87.6688|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = Blue Island Subdistrict | other = '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace Bus]]''' | structure = | platform = 1 [[side platform]] | levels = | tracks = 1 | parking = Yes | bicycle = | passengers = 89 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -23.9 | pass_rank = 193 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = 1926<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/08/08/archives/chicago-welcomes-electrified-roads-illinois-central-line-does-away.html|title=CHICAGO WELCOMES ELECTRIFIED ROADS; Illinois Central Line Does Away With Coal-Burners on Its Suburban Trains.|date=1926-08-08|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2026-02-17}}</ref> | accessible = No | code = | owned = [[Metra]] | zone = 2 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Metra Electric|type=Blue Island|left=Blue Island|right=Ashland/Calumet Park}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Illinois Central Railroad |line2=Electric Suburban|left2=Blue Island|right2=Ashland Avenue|type2=Blue Island}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= STR!~MFADEg STR!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|ME-bi}}|north to {{stl|Metra|Millennium}}}} RP22+4!~MFADE4+2\RP4c2!~RP2c3!~STR\RP43+1!~MFADE1+3~~ ~~127th St. RP2c1!~RP4c2\RP43+1!~RP22+4!~BUE-us\RP2c3!~RP4c4 RP43+1!~MFADE3+1\RP4c4!~PSTR(L)!~MSTRc1!~RP2c1\RP22+4!~MFADE2+4~~ ~~Lincoln St. PSTR(L) RP22+4!~MFADE4+2\RP2c3!~PSTR(L)\ RP2c1\RP22+4!~BUE-us\RP2c3~~ ~~Winchester Ave. \RP2c1!~STR!~POINTERg@fq\RP22+4!~MFADE2+4~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|ME-bi}}|south to {{stl|Metra|Blue Island}}}} STR!~MFADEf }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Metra|ME|Blue Island}} | mapframe-marker = rail | mpassengers = }} '''Burr Oak''' is a [[commuter rail]] station along the Blue Island Branch of the [[Metra Electric]] line in [[Blue Island, Illinois]]. The station is located on Burr Oak Avenue near Lincoln Street, and is {{convert|18.4|mi|km}} away from the northern terminus at [[Millennium Station]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmelecb.html| title=Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric| website=Chicago Transit & Railfan| first=Bill| last=Vandervoort}}</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Burr Oak is in zone 2. {{As of|2018}}, Burr Oak is the 193rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 89 weekday boardings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}</ref> It borders the City of Blue Island.

Parking is available behind the station on the southeast corner of Burr Oak Avenue and Winchester Street. One Pace bus connection is available at the station.

==Bus connections== '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]''' *<nowiki> 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue </nowiki>

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==External links== {{Metra web|Metra Electric|BURROAK|Burr Oak}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.662781,-87.668163&spn=0.00396,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.662775,-87.668347&panoid=bVNfeN2FMHyBLFUNPpklFg&cbp=12,184.6,,0,5.84 Station from Burr Oak Avenue (127th Street) from Google Maps Street View] *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.661908,-87.669311&spn=0.00396,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.661922,-87.669341&panoid=ZYnOtuXVMC0qWgjJKe0pKA&cbp=12,64.83,,0,2.46 Station from Winchester Avenue from Google Maps Street View]

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