63rd Street station (Metra)

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| name=63rd Street

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| line=University Park Sub District

| image=63rd Street Station - Metra Electric.jpg

| image_caption=63rd Street station in November 2016.

| address=63rd Street and Dorchester Street
Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois

| coordinates={{coord|41.779785|-87.590539|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| other=CTA Bus

| structure=

| platform=2 island platforms

| levels=

| tracks=4

| parking=

| bicycle=

| passengers=167 (avg. weekday)

| pass_year=2018

| pass_percent=-44.1

| pass_rank=169 out of 236

| pass_system=Metra

| opened=1903

| closed=

| rebuilt=

| electrified={{1,500 V DC|conductor=overhead}}

| accessible=No

| code=

| owned= Metra

| zone=2 (Metra and South Shore)

| former=Woodlawn Park
63rd Street (Woodlawn)

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|system3=NICTD|line3=South Shore|left3=Hegewisch|right3=57th Street|to-left3=South Bend Airport|to-right3=Millennium Station}}

| other_services_collapsible=yes

| other_services_header=Future services

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|system2=Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad

|line2=South Shore|left2=53rd Street|right2=Kensington/115th Street

|system3=Illinois Central Railroad

|line3=main|left3=Kensington|right3=53rd Street

|line4=Electric Suburban|left4=67th Street|right4=59th Street

|system6=New York Central Railroad

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63rd 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 the Chicago neighborhood of South Chicago and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana. Most South Shore Line trains do not stop at this station, except for one inbound train during the AM rush and two outbound trains during the PM rush on weekdays. As of 2018, the station is the 169th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 167 weekday boardings.{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}

History

The station, originally named Woodlawn, was built by the Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) in 1903, and served both ICRR commuter trains and long-distance passenger trains until the railroad relinquished its passenger train service to Amtrak in 1971. A large combination station and office building for the Illinois Central was built in 1917, and demolished in the 1980s. The station had another island platform between the two non-electrified tracks on the eastern side to serve Illinois Central and some New York Central long-distance trains.{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations: Woodlawn, Cook Co., Ill. |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=92 |issue=12 |date=August 1960}} It is now removed, but evidence still remains.

Named trains making stops at Woodlawn:

Illinois Central:{{cite journal |title=Illinois Central Railroad, Tables 1, 4, 13 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=92 |issue=12 |date=August 1960}}
City of New Orleans (to New Orleans)
Green Diamond (to St. Louis)
Louisiane (to New Orleans)
Panama Limited (to New Orleans)
Seminole (to Jacksonville, Florida)
New York Central:{{cite journal |title=New York Central Railroad, Table 29 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=92 |issue=12 |date=August 1960}}
Cincinnati Special (to Cincinnati)
James Whitcomb Riley (to Cincinnati)

Recent years

This also serves as a stop for Mount Carmel High School students, which is directly across from the station. The station was originally used as a local and express station until the schedules were shifted in 1975 to make 55th–56th–57th Street station the express station.{{cite book|ISBN=978-0-9823156-9-9|title=Terminal Town|pages=148–149|author=Joseph P. Schwieterman|date=2014|publisher=Lake Forest College}}

This is the last stop on the main line for trains of the South Chicago branch, which splits off south of the station. Prior to 1982, the Jackson Park branch of the South Side 'L' crossed the Metra Electric tracks on a bridge just north of this station. Trains stopped at nearby Dorchester station.

Bus connections

CTA

63 63rd (Owl Service)

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Metra web|Metra Electric|63RD-UP|63rd Street}}
[http://www.mysouthshoreline.com/tickets/maps-stations South Shore Line - Stations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821214735/http://www.mysouthshoreline.com/tickets/maps-stations |date=2017-08-21 }}

Category:Former Illinois Central Railroad stations

Category:Metra stations in Chicago

Category:South Shore Line stations in Illinois

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1903

Category:Former Michigan Central Railroad stations

Category:Former New York Central Railroad stations

Category:Former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stations