51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park) station

51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park)

Hyde Park/53rd St Station
Location 53rd Street at Lake Park Avenue
Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Coordinates 41°48′04″N 87°35′14″W / 41.8010°N 87.5872°W / 41.8010; -87.5872Coordinates: 41°48′04″N 87°35′14″W / 41.8010°N 87.5872°W / 41.8010; -87.5872
Owned by Metra
Line(s)
  Metra Electric District
Platforms 2 island platforms (formerly 3)
Tracks 4
Connections CTA Bus
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone B
History
Rebuilt 2002
Previous names Madison Park
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
Metra Electric District
  Former services  
Illinois Central
toward New Orleans
Main Line
Terminus
toward St. Louis
St. Louis – Chicago

51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park) is a commuter rail station within the City of Chicago serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago. The station location, one of the oldest in the United States, has been in continuous use by commuters since 1856.

During peak commute hours, many express trains stop at this station. At off-peak hours, it is served mainly by local trains. Station entrances are located at E. Hyde Park Boulevard (5100 S.)/Lake Park Avenue and at 53rd Street/Lake Park Avenue. The station is located near Kenwood Academy High School and the 53rd Street commercial district.

The East Hyde Park Boulevard (51st Street) viaduct was once the site of a graffiti mural, painted by non-profit youth organization Higher Gliffs with Metra's permission. In September, 2006, the murals were whitewashed, possibly by mistake.[1]

The station was served by Illinois Central Railroad intercity-trains from Chicago to points south at an island platform on the two track non-electrified east of the electrified tracks.[2] Amtrak's City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki still pass by the station without stopping. Prior to October 16, 1966, the South Shore Line also stopped at this station. On that date trains ceased calling at 53rd and instead began stopping at 57th Street,[3] the next station south.

Bus connections

CTA

See also

References

  1. ↑ "City destroys local murals". Hyde Park Herald. September 20, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  2. ↑ Illinois Central Schedule June 1942.
  3. ↑ "South Shore Switches Stop to 57th Street". Chicago Tribune. October 16, 1966. p. 2 Section 4.


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