Locations & Hours

RAILS staff at any location may be reached toll-free by telephone: 866.940.4081

Hours and Holidays

RAILS Service Centers

Bolingbrook

1000 W. Crossroads Parkway Suite A
Bolingbrook, IL 60490

 Fax: 815.886.5651
 Bolingbrook on Google Maps

Burr Ridge

125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527

 Fax: 630.734.5050
 Burr Ridge on Google Maps

Coal Valley

220 W. 23rd Avenue
Coal Valley, IL 61240

 Fax: 309.517.1567
 Coal Valley on Google Maps

East Peoria

715 Sabrina Drive
East Peoria, IL 61611

 Fax: 309.839.0431
 East Peoria on Google Maps

Rockford

4717 Colt Road
Rockford, IL 61109

 Fax: 779.368.0013
 Rockford on Google Maps

Service Area Map

Map of RAILS service area, Reaching Across Illinois Library System, CC BY-SA

Videoconference Facilities

Office Hours, Holidays, and Emergency Closings

Regular office hours at our administrative center in Burr Ridge are Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm. In-person hours may vary due to work-from-home arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Holidays

All RAILS offices are closed, and no system deliveries are made, on the following observed holidays:

• New Year’s Day*  - Tuesday, January 2, 2024
• Martin Luther King Day - Monday, January 15, 2024
• Memorial Day - Monday, May 27, 2024
• Juneteenth - Wednesday, June 19, 2024
• Independence Day - Thursday, July 4, 2024
• Labor Day - Monday, September 2, 2024
• Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 28, 2024
• Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24, 2024
• Christmas Day - Wednesday, December 25, 2024
• New Year’s Eve - Tuesday, December 31, 2024

*Due to the holiday falling on a weekend day, the holiday will be observed the business day before or after the holiday.

Emergency (Weather) Closings

We have five separate facilities located throughout the RAILS area. If we close any of these facilities due to bad weather conditions, we'll post a special alert on the RAILS homepage as soon as possible after the decision to close has been made.

For Delivery services, if a RAILS building is open, the Delivery Manager at each RAILS location will decide if any routes at their location will be canceled due to weather conditions. The primary factor in deciding whether a route is canceled is the safety of RAILS Delivery Drivers. RAILS will contact all libraries affected by delivery route cancellations as soon as possible.

RAILS has email lists that are used to notify members of any changes to your library's delivery service, including delays due to weather, route changes, cancellations, etc.

To report that your library is closed for the day due to weather (or for any other reason), go to the Library Closings page.

Meetings at RAILS Service Centers during Inclement Weather

If you plan to attend a program/meeting at a RAILS service center on a day when the weather is questionable, please make sure that you are registered for the program/meeting in L2 if this is an option. Also, please check for alerts near the top of the RAILS homepage. Alerts will tell you when a RAILS building is closed and therefore a program/event is canceled for that location.

If you are the coordinator for a program/meeting that is going to be held at a RAILS service center, please make sure that you provide an emergency phone number (other than the phone number at your library in case that building is closed) where you can be reached in the event of a weather emergency.