Chicago Ridge station

Chicago Ridge is a station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. The station is 16.6 miles (26.7 km) away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.[3] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Chicago Ridge is in zone D.

Chicago Ridge
Chicago Ridge station in September 2016.
Location103rd Street & Ridgeland
Chicago Ridge, Illinois
Coordinates41.7034°N 87.7803°W / 41.7034; -87.7803
Owned byMetra
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsPace Buses
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneD
History
Opened1991
Traffic
Passengers (2014)332 (avg. weekday)[1]
Rank139 out of 236[2]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
Worth
toward Manhattan
 SouthWest Service Oak Lawn
toward Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station
Worth
toward Bement
 Bement – Chicago Oak Lawn
toward Chicago

The station is located just north of the Village Hall and Police Station on Ridgeland Avenue between Washington Avenue and 105th Street, and west of the B&OCT/IHB Railroad's crossing at grade and the Stony Creek Golf Course. Parking is available not only at the station, but behind the Police Station, along Birmingham Street, Oxford Avenue, and north of the tracks at the corner of Ridgeland Avenue and 103rd Street.

Bus connections

"Route 384 – Narragansett - Ridgeland". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.

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References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Metra Railfan Tips - SouthWest Service


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