current boarding platform and build a new covered island platform to serve the two tracks that its trains utilize at the station. After the Amtrak completes its renovation of its facilities, Metra will, separately, begin a $14 million renovation of their facilities at the station. Metra's plans are to replace their station structure at Harwood Avenue and Ridge Road with a new structure, and to renovate the track-access tunnel. The project will also see the adjacent Pace bus terminal reconfigured It will be funded, through a combined $9 million funds from the Federal Transit Administration and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, with a further $4 million coming from Metra, $585,000 coming from Homewood, and $300,000 coming from Cook County. Metra's renovation of their facilities at the Homewood station was announced in 2020, and is part of a five-year capital investment plan involving the renovation of nine stations (including Homewood) on the Metra Electric District. Bus connections Pace 356 Harvey/Homewood/Tinley Park 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue 372 Dixie Highway References External links Homewood Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web) Homewood Railroad Park (NRHS: Blackhawk Chapter) Chicago Railfan image (Homewood Station) Amtrak stations in Illinois Metra stations in Illinois Former Illinois Central Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1923 Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois 1923 establishments in Illinois