joliet platform relocations

[west towns]

Read on another site the rock platforms are moving east of the diamond on monday

[strictures]

Read on another site the rock platforms are moving east of the diamond on monday

The station building is west of the diamond, so will passengers have to cross an active set of tracks or will there be new stairs & ramps to the platforms?

[Busjack]

The station building is west of the diamond, so will passengers have to cross an active set of tracks or will there be new stairs & ramps to the platforms?

Anything being done is part of building a new transit center south of the tracks.

[busfan2847]

The station building is west of the diamond, so will passengers have to cross an active set of tracks or will there be new stairs & ramps to the platforms?

From Wikipdia

"As planned, the existing Union Station building will remain, but a,new terminal would be built beside it. New underground tunnels would provide Metra access to the Heritage Corridor Line trains, eliminating the need to cross the BNSF freight tracks. The project will also include a new 500-car parking garage. The project is funded by a $32 million grant from the state.

Currently Metra controls the interlocking tower at the junction of the Rock Island and BNSF tracks. As a result, Metra makes freight trains stop in order to give Metra passenger trains priority. Under the grant, control of the interlock would be shifted to the BNSF and Union Pacific and the tower building itself will be demolished. The Metra Rock Island passenger platform would be moved across the diamond to the east side of the BNSF tracks to avoid conflict with the flow of freight trains."

See also http://www.blackhawknrhs.org/joliet4.htm for more information on the project