59th Street/University of Chicago station
59th Street/University of Chicago is a railway station that serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois. The station is on 59th street, originally the University of Chicago's southern border, and the Midway Plaisance. Trains run between Millennium Station downtown and University Park, Blue Island, and the Chicago neighborhood of South Chicago. As of 2018, the station is the 63rd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 812 weekday boardings.[1] Before the 55th–56th–57th Street station to the immediate north was rebuilt into a major station in 2002, all express trains served 59th Street and the station had a staffed ticket window.
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Location | 59th & Harper Streets Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41.7877°N 87.5888°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | University Park Sub District | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
Connections | CTA Bus | ||||||||||||
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Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | B | ||||||||||||
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Electrified | 1500v DC | ||||||||||||
Previous names | South Park 59th Street–Stony Island | ||||||||||||
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2018 | 812 (average weekday)[1] 20.5% | ||||||||||||
Rank | 63 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||
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The majority of University of Chicago and Hyde Park traffic is now served by the 55th–56th–57th Street station; only some express trains stop at 59th Street.
References
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
External links
- Media related to 59th Street (University of Chicago) (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metra – Stations – 59th Street/University of Chicago