Kedzie station (Metra)
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| Location | North Kedzie Avenue & West Carroll Avenue Chicago, IL | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°53′18″N 87°42′25″W / 41.8882°N 87.7069°WCoordinates: 41°53′18″N 87°42′25″W / 41.8882°N 87.7069°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Union Pacific | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  CTA Buses | ||||||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | No | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | A | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1947[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 41 (average weekday)[1]  21.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 214 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Kedzie is a Metra commuter railroad station in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line.
The station is at North Kedzie Avenue and West Carroll Avenue in an industrial and low-income residential neighborhood. The Chicago Transit Authority's elevated Kedzie station is on West Lake Street, about three blocks to the south. The Garfield Park Conservatory is nearby, and Westinghouse High School is just north of the station. The Union Pacific’s California Avenue yard, where Metra coaches for the Union Pacific lines are stored during the day, is just to the east.
On weekdays, as of 2022, 12 of 20 inbound trains stop here, and eight of 20 outbound trains. Most trains continue west to Oak Park without stopping. No passenger trains stop at Kedzie station on weekends or holidays. A sign is posted at the station noting that no trains serve the station after 6:30 P.M.; however, one outbound train does currently stop here at 11:09 P.M. As of 2018[update], Kedzie is the 214th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 41 weekday boardings.[1]
Bus and rail connections
- 52 Kedzie
References
- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). metrarail.com. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
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- Metra stations in Chicago
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