New Lenox station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in New Lenox, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style=Metra|name={{Metra header | name=New Lenox | icon={{ric|Metra|ri}}}} | type= | image= Inbound platform at New Lenox, looking west.jpg | image_caption=New Lenox station in April 2024. | address=300 North Church Street<br />[[New Lenox, Illinois]] | coordinates={{coord|41.5144|-87.9653|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line=Joliet Subdistrict | other= | structure= | platform=2 [[side platform]]s | depth= | levels= | tracks=2 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=1,046 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=-6.2 | pass_rank=49 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened=1852 | closed= | rebuilt= | electrified= | accessible=Yes | code= | owned=Metra | zone=4 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Rock Island|left=Joliet|right=Mokena}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|line=Suburban|left=Joliet|right=Mokena}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|RI}} to {{stl|Metra|LaSalle}} PLTl\vSTR\PLTr PLTl\vSTR\PLTr PLTl\vSTR\PLTr PLTl\vSTR\PLTr vSTR RP2yRP4q!~MFADEgq\RP4q!~vBUE\RP4q!~MFADEfq ~~ ~~ Cedar Rd. vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|RI}} to {{stl|Metra|Joliet}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #e1261c | mapframe-marker = rail | mpassengers= }} '''New Lenox''' is a commuter [[train station]] along [[Metra]]'s [[Rock Island District]] line in [[New Lenox, Illinois|New Lenox]], a southern suburb of [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The station is officially located on 300 North Church Street, and lies {{convert|34.0|mi|km}} away from [[LaSalle Street Station]], the northern terminus of the line,<ref name="mmri">[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmri.html Metra Railfan Tips - Rock Island District]</ref> however parking is available between Church Street and far northeast of Haven Avenue. It is also the penultimate station along the RID line before reaching the end of the line at [[Joliet Transportation Center]]. In Metra's fare-based system, New Lenox station is in zone 4. As of 2018, New Lenox is the 49th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,046 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>

As of 2022, New Lenox is served by 42 trains (21 in each direction) on weekdays, by 21 trains (10 inbound, 11 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays. It is located just north of [[U.S. Route 30 in Illinois|U.S. Route 30]].

New Lenox station was originally built by the [[Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad]] in 1852 with a small wooden depot. In 1900, the station received a larger brick depot which stood for over a century until it was relocated in 2018 to make way for a new depot on the site. At that time, the 1900-vintage depot was moved {{convert|6|mi|km}} north by truck and now serves as a ticket office for a corn maze in [[Homer Glen]].<ref>https://heritagerail.org/2018/08/new-lenox-depot-saved/</ref>

The station is also west of a bridge that carries a former [[Wabash Railroad]] line which now serves as Metra's [[SouthWest Service]] line. A new station was built for that line at {{stl|Metra|Laraway Road}} in 2006. There are no convenient transfers between these two stations. Like Laraway Road station, no bus connections are currently available at New Lenox.

==Tracks== There are two tracks at New Lenox. Trains from Chicago run on track 2 (the north track) and trains to Chicago run on track 1 (the south track.)

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==External links== {{Metra web|Rock Island|NEWLENOX}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.513609,-87.96524&spn=0.004001,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.513609,-87.96524&panoid=uS6BX0DIc1Lxs-6j3MRkkQ&cbp=12,356.96,,1,2.52 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

[[Category:Metra stations in Illinois]] [[Category:Former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900]] [[Category:Railway stations in Will County, Illinois]]