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Joliet Union Station is a former commuter and long-distance railroad station in central Joliet, Illinois serving both Amtrak long-distance and Metra commuter trains. It is in the process of being replaced by the new Joliet Transportation Center, a train station that is under construction in an adjacent location and is expected to go into service in spring 2016. Train service to Joliet Union Station permanently ceased in September 2014. When it was in active service, Joliet Union Station was at the junction of the former Rock Island Line, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, and Alton Railroad main lines. Therefore it has two different milepost numbers depending on how far each route is to Chicago. On The Metra Rock Island District Line, Joliet is away from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line in Downtown Chicago.〔(Metra Railfan Tips - Rock Island District )〕 On The Metra Heritage Corridor and Amtrak routes, away from Chicago Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.〔(Metra Railfan Tips - Heritage Corridor )〕 The Rock Island line runs via Blue Island, Illinois to LaSalle Street Station (track owned by Metra), while the Metra Heritage Corridor line runs via Summit, Illinois to Chicago's Union Station (track owned by Canadian National). The Blue Island trains leave from a single track on the south side of the station, while four tracks on the east side serve Amtrak, Metra Heritage, BNSF freight, and Union Pacific freight trains (BNSF owns the western two tracks, while UP owns the eastern two).〔〔(Joliet, Illinois junction )〕 CSX takes over ownership of the Rock Island tracks just west of the station, with trackage rights from the Iowa Interstate Railroad.〔 Five Amtrak trains on the Chicago – St. Louis corridor stop in Joliet daily each way: the ''Texas Eagle'' and the ''Lincoln Service''. This was also a stop for the ''Ann Rutledge'' until April 2007. Train service to Joliet was begun by the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, a predecessor of the Rock Island Line, in 1852. Joliet Union Station was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt in the Beaux Arts Classical style, and was built in 1912.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joliet Union Station )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jarvis Hunt, architect )〕 The City of Joliet owns two thirds of the station and Metra owns the other third.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joliet Today )〕 The former waiting room has been converted to a banquet hall that can hold 350 guests.〔 ==History== This station used to serve the ''Southwest Chief'' until the BNSF merger when Amtrak rerouted the ''Southwest Chief'' to the CB&Q to Galesburg. This station is the site of the old Rock Island Line diamond. When originally built, there were pedestrian tunnels between the terminal and a platform between the first and second track on both the south and east sides of the building. Canopies also covered those platforms. However, the tunnels were later closed and the canopies removed. Finally passenger service on the east side of the building was moved to the third and fourth rails, requiring passengers to cross over the freight tracks to access the trains.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic Joliet Union Station )〕 Later the number of Rock Island tracks on the south side of the building was reduced from four to one. Joliet Union Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1978.〔(Will County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places )〕 The station was extensively renovated and made ADA-accessible in 1989–1991. Eastbound U.S. Highway 30, the Lincoln Highway, passes by Joliet Union Station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joliet Union Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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