79th Street (Chatham) station
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Location | 79th Street between Greenwood Avenue & Woodlawn Avenue Chatham, Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°45′03″N 87°35′50″W / 41.7507°N 87.5972°WCoordinates: 41°45′03″N 87°35′50″W / 41.7507°N 87.5972°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | University Park Sub District | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
Connections | CTA Bus | ||||||||||||
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Disabled access | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | B | ||||||||||||
Electrified | 1500v DC | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2018 | 50 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | ||||||||||||
Rank | 212 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||
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79th Street (Chatham) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at and over 79th Street, and is 9.9 miles (15.9 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 79th Street is in zone B. As of 2018[update], the station is the 212th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 50 weekday boardings.[1]
East of this station is another Metra Electric station along 79th Street known as Cheltenham-79th Street along the South Chicago Branch. Like much of the main branch of the Metra Electric line, 79th Street-Chatham is built on elevated tracks near the embankment of a bridge over 79th Street. This bridge also carries the Amtrak line that runs parallel to it, carrying the City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki trains. Parking is available only on the southwest corner of 79th Street and Woodlawn Avenue.
The former Nickel Plate Railroad passed on a long bridge over the Illinois Central (the current tracks) just north of the station. The bridge still exists, but rail service is long gone.
Bus connections
- 79 79th (Owl Service)
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.
- ^ "Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric".(registration required)
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