Hegewisch (NICTD)

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Hegewisch
NICTD station

Commuter lines terminating at Hegewisch shown in Dark South Shore Burgundy on this schematic, serve Chicago's eastern suburbs in Illinois and Indiana

Station statistics

Address

13730 South Brainard Avenue
Chicago, IL

Coordinates

41°38′52″N, 87°32′45″W

Lines

South Shore Line

Parking

Yes

Other information

Rebuilt

June 1992

Accessible

Owned by

Metra

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station		NICTD		Following station
Kensington toward Millennium Station		South Shore Line		Hammond toward South Bend

The Hegewisch Station is a commuter rail station within the city of Chicago, Illinois, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. The Hegewisch station recently introduced two new high-level platforms, as part of NICTD's continuing effort to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990^[1].

Hegewisch is NICTD's easternmost stop in Chicago and offers pay parking. It is also the busiest South Shore station. The Hegewisch Station is also the first stop to drop off passengers going east from Chicago to Indiana and the last pick up stop going west into Chicago from Indiana. Although this station is a South Shore Line stop and the tracks are owned by NICTD, the station and the parking lots are owned by Metra and are subject to Metra fares, because the station is within the state of Illinois. Thus, when South Shore Line adjusts its fares, the fares for this station remain the same, but if Metra adjusts its fares, this station's fares are adjusted, but not necessarily the fares for other stations on the South Shore Line.