{{short description|Commuter rail station in Richton Park, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name=Richton Park | icon={{ric|Metra|me}}}} | type = | image = Richton Park Station - April 2016.jpg | image_caption = Richton Park station in April&nbsp;2016. | address = 3807 Tower Drive<br/>[[Richton Park, Illinois]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.4858|-87.7092|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = University Park Sub District | other = '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace Buses]]''' | structure = | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = Yes | bicycle = | passengers = 1,059 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -10.2 | pass_rank = 47 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = 1946 | closed = | rebuilt = 1987 | electrified = | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = Metra | zone = 3 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Metra Electric|type=Main Line|left=University Park|right=Matteson}} | mpassengers = | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Illinois Central Railroad |line=main|left=Monee|right=Matteson|line2=Electric Suburban|left2=|right2=Matteson|type2=Main Line}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\ v-SHI2g+r\vSTR!~POINTERgq\vSTR\ ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|ME}} ''north to {{stl|Metra|Millennium}}'' POINTERf@gq!~v-ENDExe\vSTR\vSTR\ ~~ {{rmri|up}} Rail yard exSHI1+l!~exv-SHI2l\exvSHI2+r-!~vSTR\vÜSTl\POINTER4 ~~ to [[EJ&E]] xPSTR(L)\vSTR\vSTR\ xPSTR(L)\vSTR\vSTR\ xPSTR(L)!~exlENDE@F\vSTR\vSTR\ XPLTq!~PLTl\vSTR\vSTR\ vSTR\vSTR RP4q!~lhvSTR(l)\vSTR!~lhvSTR(r)\vSTR!~lhvSTR(l)\RP4q!~lhvSTR(r) ~~ Sauk Trail POINTERf@fq\vSTR\vSTR\ ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|ME}} ''south to {{stl|Metra|University Park}}'' vSTR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ff4e00 | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Richton Park''' is the penultimate station along the main branch of the [[Metra Electric]] line, in [[Richton Park, Illinois]]. It is located on [[Sauk Trail]], east of Governor's Highway, and is {{convert|29.3|mi|km}} away from the northern terminus at [[Millennium Station]].<ref name="/w/i/willvdv/mmelec.html">[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmelec.html Metra Electric (Metra Railfan Tips)]</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Richton Park is in zone 3. {{As of|2018}}, Richton Park is the 47th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,059 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 has two tracks and one island platform, with one of the tracks ending at the station. [[File:19681102 03 IC Electric.jpg|left|thumb|An Illinois Central train at Richton Park in 1968.]] Richton Park was originally built by the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] in 1946, in order to be in close proximity to the south end of the "IC Electric" coach storage yard.<ref>[http://www.wikimapia.org/14290260/METRA-ELECTRIC-SOUTH-CHICAGO-YARD Metra Electric South Chicago Yard (WikiMapia)]</ref><ref>[http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/newsletter/Summer06.pdf "Chicago’s Finest Transportation: The Illinois Central Electric" by John G. Allen and Roy G. Benedict] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226001105/http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/newsletter/Summer06.pdf |date=2014-12-26 }}</ref> It served as the terminus of the line until 1977, when the [[Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois)|Illinois Regional Transportation Authority]] funded the construction of {{stl|Metra|University Park}} station.<ref name="/w/i/willvdv/mmelec.html"/> Today, Richton Park station is a far more modern-looking structure. Parking is available on Sauk Trail between Governor's Highway and Richton Square Road, on Richton Road, Mill Drive, and along Tower Road.

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