South Chicago (93rd Street) station

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.

93rd Street South Chicago
Location93rd Street near Baltimore Avenue
South Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41.7269°N 87.5478°W / 41.7269; -87.5478
Owned byMetra
Line(s)South Chicago Subdistrict
Platforms1 Island platform
Tracks2
Connections CTA Bus
Construction
ParkingYes; Vendors
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneB
History
Opened2001
Electrified1500v DC
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station
87th Street
toward Millennium Station
 Metra Electric District
South Chicago Branch
 Terminus

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

References
  1. Metra Electric (Metra Railfan Tips)
  2. Van Hattem, Matt (5 July 2006). "Metra: Chicago's commuter railroad". Trains Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  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)
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