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27th Street
27th Street station in November 2024
General information
Location	27th Street, East of Ellis Avenue Douglas,Chicago,IL
Coordinates	41°50′46″N87°36′51″W / 41.84602°N 87.61412°W /41.84602; -87.61412
Owned by	Metra
Line	University Park Sub District
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Passengers
2018	12 (average weekday)[1]  60%
Rank	233 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station 47th Street (Kenwood) towardUniversity Park,South Chicago orBlue Island Metra Electric McCormick Place towardMillennium Station
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station 31st Street towardRichton,91st Street orBlue Island Electric Suburban 23rd Street towardRandolph Street
Track layout Legend ME north toMillennium ME south to University Park,Blue Island, andSouth Chicago
Location

27th Street station is acommuter rail station in theDouglas neighborhood ofChicago that serves theMetra Electric Line north toMillennium Station and south toUniversity Park,Blue Island, andSouth Chicago. As of 2018, 27th Street is Metra's least-used station, with an average of 12 weekday boardings.^[1] 27th Street is aflag stop; trains will not stop unless a passenger is waiting on the platform or a passenger notifies a conductor.

The station was originally built by theIllinois Central Railroad (ICRR). It directly servedMichael Reese Hospital until the hospital closed in 2008. It was the site of Chicago's worst rail disaster, the1972 Chicago commuter rail crash.

CTA buses

• 3 King Drive
• 21 Cermak

• Media related to27th Street station at Wikimedia Commons
• Metra – Stations – 27th Street
• 27th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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