{{short description|Commuter rail station in Flossmoor, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name=Flossmoor | icon={{ric|Metra|me}}}} | type = | image = Flossmoor Metra Station.jpg | image_caption = Flossmoor station in January&nbsp;2010. | address = Flossmoor and Sterling Roads<br>[[Flossmoor, Illinois]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.543435|-87.678349|display=inline,title}} | line = University Park Sub District | other = [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] bus service | structure = Elevated | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = Yes | bicycle = | opened = 1856 | closed = | rebuilt = 1906 | 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=2026-02-24}}</ref> | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = Metra | zone = 3 | former = | passengers = 859 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = 4.2 | pass_rank = 60 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Metra Electric|type=Main Line|left=Olympia Fields|right=Homewood}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Illinois Central Railroad |line2=Electric Suburban|left2=Olympia Fields|right2=Homewood|type2=Main Line}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg STRf\STRg!~POINTERg@fq\STR\STR\STR~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|ME}}|north to {{stl|Metra|Millennium}}}} PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\STR\STR\STR lDSTRa!~MASKr!~PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\STR\STR\lDSTRa!~MASKl!~STR RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2w!~MSTR!~hPSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\STR\STR\RP2e!~MSTR!~hSTR(l)\RP2q!~MFADEfq~~ ~~Flossmoor Rd. lDSTRe!~MASKr!~STRf!~POINTERg@fq\STRg\STR\STR\lDSTRe!~MASKl!~STR~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|ME}}|south to {{stl|Metra|University Park}}}} STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ff4e00 | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Flossmoor''' is a station on [[Metra]]'s [[Metra Electric Line]] located in [[Flossmoor, Illinois]]. The station is located at Flossmoor Road and Sterling Road. Flossmoor is {{convert|24.93|mi|km}} from [[Millennium Station]], the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.<ref>[http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmelec.html Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line]</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Flossmoor is located in zone 3. {{As of|2018}}, Flossmoor is the 60th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 859 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> The station is on a solid-fill elevated structure and consists of a 1906-built [[Illinois Central Railroad]] building next to one [[island platform]] which serves the Metra Electric Line's two tracks. There is no ticket agent at Flossmoor, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room or online using the Ventra app. The old station house is used as a local restaurant and beer brewery.

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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Flossmoor station}} {{Metra web|Metra Electric|FLOSSMOOR|Flossmoor}} *[http://www.depotmaps.com/Images/DepotIL/FlossmoorIL.jpg Dynamic Depot Maps image] *[http://www.flossmoorstation.com/ Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100716205022/http://www.flossmoorstation.com/kids/caboose.htm Old Caboose Ice Cream Shop] *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.542634,-87.678855&spn=0.003999,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.542634,-87.678855&panoid=lEfl1QlUhYpxSP-Fn0c_yw&cbp=12,40.76,,0,7.04 Flossmoor Road entrance from Google Maps Street View]

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