Racine Avenue station explained

Style:Metra
Racine Avenue
Coordinates:41.6741°N -87.652°W
Line:Blue Island Subdistrict
Structure:Open-sheltered platform
Tracks:1
Parking:Yes
Passengers:28 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:-9.7
Pass Rank:221 out of 236
Accessible:No
Zone:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
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Line:none
Marker:rail
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Racine Avenue is a commuter rail station along the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric line in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is officially located at Racine Avenue, South of 120th Street, and is 17miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Racine Avenue is in zone 2., Racine Avenue is the 221st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 28 weekday boardings.[2]

Racine Avenue is the last station along the Blue Island Branch within the Chicago city limits. Parking is available exclusively along 121st Street between South Elizabeth and South Racine Avenues. No bus connections are available at this station.

A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014, assigns the Racine Avenue station a typology of Mixed Residential/Industrial Neighborhood (MRIN). This typology is an area in which the Metra station serves both residential and industrial uses. Like most of the MRIN stations, it does not have access to CTA rail.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmelecb.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.
  3. Web site: Teska Associates, Inc., Fish Transportation Group, and OKW Architects. City of Chicago & METRA Station Typology Study. October 16, 2014. Regional Transportation Authority. Chicago. January 15, 2020.