Olympia Fields station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Olympia Fields, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox Station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name=Olympia Fields | icon={{ric|Metra|me}}}} | type = | image = Olympia Fields Station.jpg | image_caption = Olympia Fields station in March 2017. | address = 203rd Street, 2 blocks east of Kedzie Avenue<br />[[Olympia Fields, Illinois]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.520592|-87.690439|display=inline,title}} | line = University Park Sub District | other = | structure = Elevated | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 tracks | parking = Yes | bicycle = | opened = 1856 | 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=2026-02-24}}</ref> | accessible = No | code = | owned = Metra | zone = 3 | former = | passengers = 679 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = 5.6 | pass_rank = 77 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Metra Electric|type=Main Line|left=211th Street|right=Flossmoor}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Illinois Central Railroad |line2=Electric Suburban|left2=211th Street|right2=Flossmoor|type2=Main Line}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= DSTR(r)!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\DSTR(l)!~MFADEg lDSTR(r)!~STR\vSTR!~vNULg-\DSTR(l)~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Metra|ME}} ''north to {{stl|Metra|Millennium}}'' DSTR(r)!~PLTl\vSTR\DSTR(l) DSTR(r)!~PLTl\vSTR\DSTR(l) DSTR(r)!~PLTl\vSTR\DSTR(l) lDSTR(r)!~STRf\vSTR\DSTR(l)~~ ~~ ~~{{ric|Metra|ME}} ''south to {{stl|Metra|University Park}}'' DSTR(r)!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf\DSTR(l)!~MFADEf }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#ff4e00 |zoom=15 }} }}

'''Olympia Fields''' is a station on [[Metra]]'s [[Metra Electric Line]] located in [[Olympia Fields, Illinois]]. The station is located on 203rd Street two blocks east of Kedzie Avenue and is adjacent to the [[Olympia Fields Country Club]] to the east and the Olympia Fields U.S. post office and commuter parking to the west. The station is {{convert|26.6|mi|km}} from [[Millennium Station]], the northern terminus of the Metra Electric Line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmelec.html |title=Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric Line |publisher=Web.me.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Olympia Fields is located in zone 3. {{As of|2018}}, Olympia Fields is the 77th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 679 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 one [[island platform]] which serves the Metra Electric Lines tracks. The adjacent two track right-of-way is owned by the [[Canadian National Railway]] and also carries three Amtrak lines, the ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'', ''[[Illini (Amtrak)|Illini]]'' and ''[[Saluki (Amtrak)|Saluki]]''. None of the Amtrak trains stop here. Although the tracks are on an elevated fill, it is only high enough for a pedestrian underpass to the Olympia Fields Country Club. 203rd Street is a dead end street at the station. There is no ticket agent at Olympia Fields, but tickets may be purchased from a vending machine in the waiting room.

The station is scheduled to be completely reconstructed in the near future, modernizing it and making it [[Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA]] accessible.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Metra details 2023 construction program {{!}} Metra | url=https://metra.com/newsroom/metra-details-2023-construction-program | access-date=2025-07-28 | website=metra.com}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Metra web|Metra Electric|OLYMPIA|Olympia Fields}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.520714,-87.690891&spn=0.004,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.520714,-87.690891&panoid=RAmV67P00KD0ouyIIlkiuA&cbp=12,29.35,,1,0.53 entrance from Google Maps Street View]

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