South Chicago (93rd Street) station

93rd Street South Chicago
93rd Street South Chicago
Location	93rd Street near Baltimore Avenue; South Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41.7269°N 87.5478°W
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	South Chicago Subdistrict
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes; Vendors
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	B
History
Opened	2001
Electrified	1500v DC
Services

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, Hegewisch, 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.

The South Chicago Branch, a 4.7-mile (7.6 km)[1] 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.[1][2]

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.

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. [3]

Bus connections

CTA

N5 South Shore Night Bus
26 South Shore Express
30 South Chicago
71 71st/South Shore
87 87th
95 95th

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References

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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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[2] Van Hattem, Matt (5 July 2006). "Metra: Chicago's commuter railroad". Trains Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[METRA_Typology-3] 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)