Kedzie station (Metra)

Kedzie is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line.

Kedzie
Location	North Kedzie Avenue & West Carroll Avenue Chicago, IL
Coordinates	41.8882°N 87.7069°W / 41.8882; -87.7069
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	1 island Platform
Tracks	5
Connections	CTA Buses
Other information
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	1947
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	41 (average weekday)[1]  21.2%
Rank	214 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Oak Park toward Elburn Union Pacific / West Ogilvie Terminus
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Oak Park toward Omaha Main Line Chicago Terminus Austin toward Geneva Galena Division

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 (Chicago) is just north of the station.

No passenger trains stop at Kedzie station on weekends. On weekdays, 12 of 29 inbound trains stop, and 10 of 30 outbound trains. Most trains continue west to Oak Park. As of 2018, 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

CTA Green Line

• Kedzie

CTA Buses

• 52 Kedzie

References

1. "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). metrarail.com. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2019.

External links

• Metra - Kedzie
• Kedzie Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View