83rd Street station explained

Style:Metra
Coordinates:41.7448°N -87.5514°W
Line:South Chicago Subdistrict
Other:CTA Bus
Structure:Closed-sheltered platform
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Passengers:74 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:-28.2
Pass Rank:200 out of 236
Accessible:Yes
Zone:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
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83rd Street station is an electrified commuter rail station along the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line on the South Side of the city of Chicago. The station is located on 83rd Street at Commercial Avenue near Russell Square Park, and is 11.97miles away from the northern terminus, Millennium Station.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 83rd Street is in zone 2., 83rd Street is the 200th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 74 weekday boardings.[2]

West of this station is another Metra Electric station along 83rd Street known as 83rd Street (Avalon Park) along the Main Branch. Station-side and on-street parking are available next to the 83rd Street railroad crossing. South of the station, the line curves southeast onto another abandoned railroad right-of-way as it heads towards 93rd Street Station.

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and References

  1. http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mpelecb.html Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric
  2. Web site: Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018. April 2019. Metra. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf. 26 May 2019.