83rd Street (Avalon Park) (Metra)

83rd Street
Avalon Park
Station statistics
Address 83rd Street near Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL
Lines
  Metra Electric
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 5
Parking Street-side
Other information
Electrified 1926
Owned by Metra
Fare zone C
Services
Ticket vending machines
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Metra Electric
Main Line
Metra Electric
Blue Island Branch

Avalon Park-83rd Street is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line between the Chatham and Avalon Park neighborhoods of the City of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located over 83rd Street near Ellis Avenue and is 10.38 miles (16.70 km) away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station.[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 83rd Street-Avalon Park Station is in zone C.

Like much of the main branch of the Metra Electric line, 83rd Street-Avalon Park is built on elevated tracks near the embankment of a bridge over 83rd Street. This bridge also carries a Amtrak line (owned by Canadian National Railway) that runs parallel to it, carrying the City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki trains. The former Nickel Plate Railroad ran just east of the Metra tracks. It also had a station stop at 83rd Street.[2] The Nickel Plate right-of-way now is overgrow with trees.

East of this station is another Metra Electric station along 83rd Street known as 83rd Street-Metra Electric along the South Chicago Branch. Side-street parking is available on 83rd Street between the tracks and Woodlawn Avenue. Currently, no bus connections are available.

References

  1. ^ Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric
  2. ^ Welsh, Joseph (2002). Passenger Trains of Yesteryear Chicago Eastbound. Kalmbach Publishing Company. p. 10. 

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