State Street station (Illinois) explained

Style:Metra
State Street
Coordinates:41.6744°N -87.6216°W
Line:Blue Island Subdistrict
Other:CTA Bus
Pace Bus
Tracks:1
Passengers:41 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:36.7
Pass Rank:214 out of 236
Accessible:No
Zone:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. ff4e00
Zoom:15

State Street is the first 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 State Street, South of 120th Place (though in reality runs along the median of 121st Street), and is 15.6miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, State Street is in zone 2., State Street is the 214th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 41 weekday boardings.[2]

A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014, assigns the State Street typology of Low Density Neighborhood. The station is surrounded primarily by residential uses. Most riders walk or bike to the station. There is no commuter parking lot for this station, but there is still parking near the station.[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.