Stone Avenue (Metra)

Infobox Station
name=Stone Avenue
type=Metra commuter rail


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address=701 West Burlington Avenue
La Grange, Illinois
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platform=2 side platforms
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tracks=3
parking=Yes
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baggage_check=No
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Stone Avenue (a.k.a. La Grange-Stone Avenue) is a station on Metra's BNSF Railway Line, located in La Grange, Illinois. The station is convert|14.1|mi|km away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. [ [http://hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/mmbnsf.html Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line] ] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Stone Avenue is in zone C. There is a staffed station building on the south side of the tracks.

Like the other La Grange Metra station(La Grange Road (Metra)), La Grange-Stone Avenue is located between West Burlington and West Hillgrove Avenues. Stone Avenue, the road for which the station is named, is actually a minor street which terminates at West Burlington Avenue in front of the station, only to begin again at a dead end street south of Bell Avenue. The closest major street to the station is Brainard Avenue.

References

ventrilo: boron.typefrag.com 30758

External links

*Metra web|BNSF Railway|stone_ave
* [http://hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/pmbnsf3.jpgImage of Eastbound Train @ La Grange/Stone Avenue Station (Metra Railfans)]