Rock Island District

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Rock Island District" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Rock Island District
Rock Island train on Joliet Gateway Center
Overview
Owner	Metra
Termini	LaSalle Street Station Joliet
Stations	15 (via Main Line) 24 (via Suburban Line) 26 (total) (1 under construction)
Website	metra.com/train-lines/ri
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metra
Operator(s)	Metra, CSX, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Chicago Rail Link
Daily ridership	32,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
History
Opened	April 1, 1870[2]
Technical
Line length	40.0 mi (64.4 km) 6.7 mi (10.8 km) Suburban Branch (Gresham Jct.—Blue Island)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Rock Island District highlighted in red Show interactive map ◇ = under construction Legend Blue to O'Hare to Forest Park LaSalle 0 mi LaSalle Street Red to Howard IC West to Randolph Street Amtrak to Carbondale & New Orleans IC West to Addison Amtrak to Union Station Green to Harlem/​Lake Orange to the Loop Orange to Midway I-55 3.2 mi 5.1 km 35th Street Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch 47th Street Yard and Shops Green to Cottage Grove Green to Ashland/​63rd Amtrak to Michigan, Miami, New York, and Boston 6.7 mi 10.8 km Englewood Red to 95th/​Dan Ryan │ I-90 / I-94 7.2 mi 11.6 km Normal Park 7.8 mi 12.6 km Hamilton Park to Manhattan (planned) Amtrak to Union Station 8.6 mi 13.8 km Auburn Park ◇ Amtrak to New York 9.8 mi 15.8 km Gresham Beverly Branch Brainerd 10.6 mi 17.1 km SouthEast Service Proposed 91st Street–Beverly Hills 11.3 mi 18.2 km 95th Street–Beverly Hills 11.7 mi 18.8 km 10.9 mi 17.5 km 95th Street–Longwood 99th Street–Beverly Hills 12.3 mi 19.8 km 11.4 mi 18.3 km 99th Street–Longwood 103rd Street–Beverly Hills 12.8 mi 20.6 km 12.0 mi 19.3 km 103rd Street–Washington Heights 107th Street–Beverly Hills 13.3 mi 21.4 km 111th Street–Morgan Park 13.8 mi 22.2 km 12.9 mi 20.8 km Givins 115th Street–Morgan Park 14.3 mi 23 km 119th Street 14.8 mi 23.8 km 123rd Street 15.2 mi 24.5 km Prairie Street 15.8 mi 25.4 km to Millennium Station Blue Island Coach Yard Blue Island 16.4 mi 26.4 km 15.7 mi 25.3 km Blue Island–Vermont Street Cal-Sag Channel CSX Transportation Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad CSX Transportation 17.2 mi 27.7 km Robbins I-294 18.4 mi 29.6 km Midlothian 20.4 mi 32.8 km Oak Forest 23.5 mi 37.8 km Tinley Park 25.1 mi 40.4 km Tinley Park–80th Avenue I-80 27.0 mi 43.5 km Hickory Creek 29.6 mi 47.6 km Mokena to Chicago to Manhattan 34.0 mi 54.7 km New Lenox I-80 EJ&E Railway Joliet Coach Yard /Amtrak to Union Station 40.0 mi 64.4 km Joliet Amtrak to St. Louis, San Antonio, and Los Angeles CSX Transportation Key Rock Island District Other Metra lines Other freight lines CTA lines Mileage source[3] All stations are accessible except Gresham, 123rd Street, and Prairie Street. This diagram: view talk edit Show BSicon diagram map

The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Rock Island District line are "Rocket Red" in honor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's Rocket passenger trains.^[4]