75th Street (Grand Crossing) station
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Location | 75th Street & South Chicago Avenue Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°45′33″N 87°35′43″W / 41.7591°N 87.5954°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | University Park Sub District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 Island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | CTA Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Overhead line, 1,500 V DC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 14 (average weekday)[1] 50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 231 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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75th Street (Grand Crossing) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at and over both 75th Street and South Chicago Avenue, and is 9.3 miles (15.0 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grand Crossing is in zone 2. As of 2018[update], the station is the 231st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 14 weekday boardings.[1]
75th Street station is the first station on the main line after the South Chicago Branch diverges.
No parking is available for this station, however the Chicago Transit Authority does provide bus service here.
History
[edit]The station and the neighborhood that surrounds it were named for the Grand Crossing, an on-grade railway junction constructed in 1853 by mutual agreement between the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (New York Central) and the Illinois Central Railroad in settlement of a right-of-way feud. By 1912, this on-grade crossing was eliminated when the successor line to the LS & MS was elevated. The now abandoned Nickel Plate Railroad tracks also crisscrossed the area. Another elevated crossing was constructed for the Chicago Skyway in 1958.[3] As of 2011, these lines are owned by Metra, Canadian National Railway, and Norfolk Southern Railway.
Bus connections
[edit]- 30 South Chicago (Monday-Saturday only)
- 75 74th/75th
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric
- ^ Chicago Area Transportation Study. "System Facilities". Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
External links
[edit]Media related to 75th Street (Grand Crossing) (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons