179th Street is a station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Orland Park, Illinois. The station is 28.7 miles (46.2 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 179th Street is in zone F. The station was the southern terminus of the line from 1984 to 2006 when it was extended to New Lenox and Manhattan.
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“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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