55th–56th–57th Street (Metra)

55th-56th-57th Street
An inbound Metra Electric train of Highliner cars (left) and an outbound South Shore Line train (right) meeting
Station statistics
Address	55th to 57th Streets, at Lake Park Avenue Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Coordinates	41°47′36″N 87°35′15″W / 41.793354°N 87.587476°W / 41.793354; -87.587476Coordinates: 41°47′36″N 87°35′15″W / 41.793354°N 87.587476°W / 41.793354; -87.587476
Line(s)	Metra Electric District   South Shore Line
Connections	CTA Bus
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Rebuilt	2002
Accessible
Fare zone	B (Metra) 2 (South Shore)
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Hyde Park/53rd Street toward Millennium Station Metra Electric District 59th Street toward University Park, South Chicago, or Blue Island NICTD McCormick Place toward Millennium Station South Shore Line 63rd Street toward South Bend Airport

The 57th Street Station is a commuter rail station within the city of Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana. On the Metra Electric Line, the station is called 55th-56th-57th Street; on the South Shore Line, it is called 57th Street (Hyde Park). It is the closest station to the Museum of Science and Industry, and also serves the residential neighborhood adjoining the University of Chicago.

This is the only station outside of Downtown Chicago's two main stations that has a staffed ticket office, as many express trains on both lines stop at the station and is the South Side's main station.

This station, and the adjacent 53rd Street station, were rebuilt in 2002 with concrete platforms to replace wooden platforms built in the 1920s.^{[citation needed]}

Bus connections

CTA

• #15 Jeffery Local
• #28 Stony Island
• #55 Garfield (Owl Service)
• #170 University of Chicago/Midway
• #171 University of Chicago/Hyde Park

External links

Media related to 55th–56th–57th Street (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metra – Stations – 55th–56th–57th Street (Metra)

• South Shore Line - Stations
• 56th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View