West Pullman station explained

Style:Metra
West Pullman
Coordinates:41.6742°N -87.6429°W
Line:Blue Island Subdistrict
Other:CTA Bus
Pace Bus
Structure:Sheltered platform
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Passengers:13 (average weekday)
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:-40.9
Pass Rank:232 out of 236
Accessible:No
Zone:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Map State:collapsed
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Marker:rail
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West Pullman is a commuter rail station along the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric line in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located over Halsted Street halfway between 120th and 122nd Streets, and is 16.7miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, West Pullman is in zone 2., West Pullman is the 232nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 13 weekday boardings.[2]

Although most of the Blue Island Branch contains only one track, there are two tracks at West Pullman. The only other station along the branch that has two tracks is the terminus at Blue Island itself. One parking lot exists on the north side of the tracks along the southbound lane of Halsted Street. Due to its close proximity to the outskirts of Chicago, the station provides bus connections from both the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace suburban bus system.

A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014, assigns the West Pullman 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, the does not have access to CTA rail.[3]

Bus connections

CTA

Pace

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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.