South Chicago (93rd Street) station
 93rd Street South Chicago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 South Chicago (93rd Street) station with a Highliner train in the background (June 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 93rd Street near Baltimore Avenue South Chicago, Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°43′37″N 87°32′52″W / 41.7269°N 87.5478°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | South Chicago Subdistrict | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  CTA Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes; Vendors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Overhead line, 1,500 V DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 472 (average weekday)[1]  23.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 101 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Chicago (93rd Street) station is a Metra Electric Line station on East 93rd St and South Baltimore Avenue (9300 S, 3300 E) in Chicago's South Chicago neighborhood. The station provides transport services to Chicago's South Chicago, South Deering, and East Side neighborhoods. The station is located 13.0 miles (20.9 km) southeast of Millennium Station, the line's northern terminus at Randolph/South Water Street in downtown Chicago. As of 2018, South Chicago (93rd Street) is the 101st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 472 weekday boardings.[1]
The South Chicago Branch, a 4.7-mile (7.6 km)[2] spur line, was built for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). The IC operated the South Chicago Branch from startup in 1883 until the line was sold, with the rest of Metra Electric, to the public sector in 1987. The line was electrified in 1926. In 2001, Metra built the 93rd Street terminus as a replacement for the 91st Street (South Chicago) terminal.[2][3]
This station is the only outbound Metra terminus located within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago. It is 6 blocks south of the 87th Street Metra Electric South Chicago Branch station. Travel time to Van Buren/Jackson Street station in Downtown Chicago is about 35 minutes.[citation needed]
A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014 assigns the South Chicago 93rd Street station a typology of Local Activity Center. A Local Activity Center is primarily characterized by the Metra station being the central focus of a built-up and identifiable neighborhood. [4]
Bus connections
- N5 South Shore Night Bus (Owl Service - Overnight only)
- 26 South Shore Express (Weekdays Only)
- 30 South Chicago
- 71 71st/South Shore
- 87 87th
- 95 95th
References
- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ a b Metra Electric (Metra Railfan Tips)
- ^ Van Hattem, Matt (5 July 2006). "Metra: Chicago's commuter railroad". Trains Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Teska Associates, Inc., Fish Transportation Group, and OKW Architects (October 16, 2014). "City of Chicago & METRA Station Typology Study" (PDF). Chicago: Regional Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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