 93rd Street South Chicago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) 93rd Street (South Chicago) station with aHighliner train in the background (June 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 93rd Street near Baltimore Avenue South Chicago,Chicago,Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°43′37″N87°32′52″W / 41.7269°N 87.5478°W /41.7269; -87.5478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | South Chicago Subdistrict | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1Island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  CTA Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes; Vendors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Overhead line, 1,500 V DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 472 (average weekday)[1]  23.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 101 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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93rd Street (South Chicago) station is aMetra Electric Line station on East 93rd St and South Baltimore Avenue (9300 S, 3300 E) inChicago'sSouth Chicago neighborhood. The station provides transport services to Chicago'sSouth Chicago,South Deering, andEast Side neighborhoods. The station is located 13.0 miles (20.9 km) southeast ofMillennium Station, the line's northern terminus at Randolph/South Water Street in downtown Chicago. As of 2018[update], South Chicago (93rd Street) is the 101st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 472 weekday boardings.[1]
The South Chicago Branch, a 4.7-mile (7.6 km)[2] spur line, was built for theIllinois Central Railroad (IC). The IC operated the South Chicago Branch from startup in 1883 until the line was sold, with the rest of Metra Electric, to the public sector in 1987. The line was electrified in 1926. In 2001, Metra built the 93rd Street terminus as a replacement for the91st Street (South Chicago) terminal.[2][3]
This station is the only outboundMetra terminus located within the corporate limits of the city ofChicago. It is 6 blocks south of the 87th Street Metra Electric South Chicago Branch station. Travel time to Van Buren/Jackson Street station in Downtown Chicago is about 35 minutes.[citation needed]
A station typology adopted by theChicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014 assigns the South Chicago 93rd Street station a typology ofLocal Activity Center. ALocal Activity Center is primarily characterized by the Metra station being the central focus of a built-up and identifiable neighborhood.[4]
South Chicago (91st Street) was a commuter rail station on the Metra Electric District's South Chicago branch at East 91st Street and South Baltimore Avenue inChicago'sSouth Chicago neighborhood. The station provided service to theSouth Chicago,South Deering,Hegewisch, andEast Side neighborhoods. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 91st Street was in zone B.[5]
In June 1991, the 91st Street station caught fire after the victory of theChicago Bulls in the1991 NBA Finals led to a series of looting incidents during the night.[6] In 2001, Metra constructed a new terminal two blocks south, at 93rd Street, to replace the damaged station. The new South Chicago station was dedicated June 4, 2001.[7]
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