75th Street (Grand Crossing) station

75th Street (Grand Crossing)
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 / 41.7591; -87.5954Coordinates: 41°45′33″N 87°35′43″W / 41.7591°N 87.5954°W / 41.7591; -87.5954
Owned by Metra
Line(s)
  Metra Electric District
Platforms 1 Island platform
Tracks 4
Connections CTA Bus
Other information
Fare zone B
History
Rebuilt 1969
Electrified 1926
Traffic
Passengers 15 (avg. weekday 2014)[1]
Rank 236 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Metra Electric District
Main Line & Blue Island Branch

75th Street (Grand Crossing) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at and over both 75th Street and South Chicago Avenue, and is 9.32 miles (15.00 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grand Crossing is in zone B.

75th Street Station is the first station on the main line after the South Chicago Branch diverges. 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. No parking is available for this station, however the Chicago Transit Authority does provide bus service here.

Bus connections

CTA

References

  1. 1 2 Metra (Spring 2014). "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric
  3. ↑ Chicago Area Transportation Study. "System Facilities". Retrieved 2009-03-16.

External links

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