South Chicago (93rd Street) (Metra)

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93rd Street/South Chicago
Metra regional rail

Commuter lines serving 93rd Street, shown in Panama Orange on this schematic, serve Chicago's southern suburbs in Illinois

Station statistics

Address

93rd Street near Baltimore Street
Chicago, Illinois

Lines

Metra Electric

Connections

CTA Bus

Platforms

1(Two-Sided Platform)

Tracks

Parking

Yes; Vendors

Other information

Opened

2001

Accessible

Owned by

Metra

Fare zone

Services

Ticket Vending Machines

The 93rd Street Metra Electric station is located on E. 93rd St and S. Baltimore Avenue in Chicago's South Chicago neighborhood. The station was built in 2001, replacing the former terminus at 91st Street. The station provides transport services to Chicago's South Chicago, Hegewisch, and East Side neighborhoods. The station is located about 13.5 miles southeast of the line's terminus at Randolph/ South Water Street.

The South Chicago Branch, a 4.7-mile (7.5 km) spur line, was built for the Illinois Central (IC) railroad. 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.

This station is the only outbound Metra terminus located within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago.

[edit] CTA Bus Connections

95E: 93rd/95th

30/ 26

[edit] Other information

Metra Electric next station: 87th street, 6 blocks North
Street Coordinates: 9300 S, 3300 E
Travel time to Van Buren/ Jackson street station in Downtown Chicago is about 35 minutes.