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Commuter rail station in Brookfield, Illinois
[REDACTED] Hollywood (Zoo Stop)
The platforms of Hollywood station with their distinctive shelters designed for the Brookfield Zoo.
General information
LocationGolf Road and Hollywood Avenue
Brookfield, Illinois
Coordinates41°49′27″N 87°50′01″W / 41.8242°N 87.8337°W / 41.8242; -87.8337
Owned byMetra
Line(s)BNSF Chicago Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsPace Buses
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1893
Rebuilt1976
Passengers
2018120 (average weekday) Steady 0%
Rank181 out of 236
Services
Preceding station [REDACTED] Metra Following station
Brookfieldtoward Aurora BNSF Riversidetoward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Brookfieldtoward Aurora Suburban Service Riversidetoward Chicago
Track layout
Legend
BNSF
east to Union Station
Hollywood Ave.
BNSF
west to Aurora
Location

Hollywood is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 11.7 miles (18.8 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hollywood is in zone 2. As of 2018, Hollywood is the 181st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 120 weekday boardings. An unstaffed shelter is on the north side of the three tracks.

Hollywood station is the main stop for the Brookfield Zoo. It was originally built in 1893 when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer, began selling building lots platted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line. He did the same thing with the current Brookfield station in 1889, and the former West Grossdale station in 1895. All three developments built by Gross voted to be incorporated into the Village of Grossdale. After Gross divorced his first wife, married a teenager, filed for bankruptcy and moved to Michigan, the residents voted to change the name of the village to Brookfield as well as two of the stations in 1905. Hollywood station, however, kept its original name.

As of April 29, 2024, Hollywood is served by 20 inbound and 19 outbound (39 total) trains on Weekdays along with 33 trains (16 inbound and 17 outbound) on Weekends.

Bus connections

Pace

References

  1. ^ "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
  2. Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
  3. "Brookfield Historical Society; The Village". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  4. "Brookfield Historical Society; The Village". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  5. "Brookfield Historical Society; The Village". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  6. Kogan, Rick (August 24, 2003). "A life in three acts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

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