Homewood station

Homewood, IL
Homewood Amtrak platform in January 2025. The Metra tracks and platform are on the left.
General information
Location18015 Park Avenue
Homewood, Illinois
United States
Coordinates41°33′45″N 87°40′07″W / 41.5624°N 87.6686°W / 41.5624; -87.6686
Owned byCN/Metra
Line(s)CN Chicago Subdivision (Amtrak)
University Park Sub District (Metra)
Platforms2 Island platforms
Tracks4 (2 Amtrak, 2 Metra Electric)
Connections Pace
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: HMW
Fare zone3 (Metra)
History
Opened1923 (1923)
ElectrifiedOverhead line, 1,500 V DC (Metra)
Passengers
FY 202440,820 annually (Amtrak)
20181,171 (avg. weekday) 10.5% (Metra)
Rank32 out of 236 (Metra)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Kankakee City of New Orleans Chicago
Terminus
Kankakee
toward Carbondale
Illini and Saluki
Preceding station Metra Following station
Flossmoor Metra Electric
Main Line
Calumet
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Chicago
Terminus
James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
1971–1974
Kankakee (Penn Central)
Rantoul Campus
1971–1972
Chicago–Central
Terminus
Kankakee (Penn Central) Floridian
(rerouted 1972)
Chicago–Central
toward Chicago
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Matteson Main Line Harvey
toward Chicago
Flossmoor
toward Richton
Electric Suburban
Main Line
Calumet
Location

Homewood station is an Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter train station in Homewood, Illinois. It is also the location of the Homewood Railroad Park Museum.

Served by the Metra Electric District, Homewood is 23.5 miles (37.8 km) from that line's northern terminus at Millennium Station. It is six stops away from the line's southern terminus at University Park. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Homewood is located in zone 3. As of 2018, Homewood is the 32nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,171 weekday boardings. It is also 25 miles (40 km) from Union Station, the northern terminus of the three Amtrak services which stop here.