| Style: | Metra | ||||||||||
| Address: | 71st Street near Yates Boulevard & US 41 (South Shore Drive) South Shore, Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 41.7655°N -87.5659°W | ||||||||||
| Line: | South Chicago Subdistrict | ||||||||||
| Other: | CTA Bus | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking: | Street-side | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 121 (average weekday) | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Pass Percent: | -33.5 | ||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 180 out of 236 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1999 | ||||||||||
| Electrified: | 1926 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Zone: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Map State: | collapsed | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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South Shore station is an electrified commuter rail station along the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. Metra gives the official located at 71st Street near Yates Boulevard and South Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41), however the station is actually located on nearby Exchange Avenue, and is away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station.[1] In Metra's fare-based system, South Shore Station is in zone 2., South Shore is the 180th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 121 weekday boardings.[2]
Along with Windsor Park and Cheltenham stations, South Shore Station is one of three that run along the median of Exchange Avenue, just southeast of 71st Street, which contains Stony Island Avenue and Bryn Mawr stations. Limited side-street parking is available for this station along 72nd Street between Exchange Avenue and Yates Boulevard. Bus connections are provided by the Chicago Transit Authority.