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55th/56th/57th Street station

Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois

Field	Value
style	Metra	name={{Metra header
name	55th/56th/57th Street	size=0.9
icon
nictd	y
image	Trains on the Metra Electric District Mainline.jpg
image_caption	An inbound Metra Electric train of Highliner cars (left) and an outbound South Shore Line train (right) meeting
address	55th to 57th Streets,
at Lake Park Avenue
Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
coordinates		line=University Park Sub District
other	CTA Bus
platform	2 island platforms
tracks	4
passengers	1,133 (avg. weekday)
pass_year	2018
pass_percent	-26.5
pass_rank	39 out of 236
pass_system	Metra
rebuilt	2002
electrified
accessible	Yes
zone	2 (Metra and South Shore)
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Metra
line1	Metra Electric	left1=59th Street	right1=51st/53rd Street
system2	NICTD
line2	South Shore	left2=63rd Street	right2=Museum Campus/11th Street	to-left2=South Bend Airport	to-right2=Millennium Station
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services_header	Future services
other_services
other_services2_header	Former services
other_services2_collapsible	yes
{{Adjacent stations	system	Illinois Central Railroad
line2	Electric Suburban	left2=59th Street	right2=53rd Street}}
map_state	collapsed
route_map	{{Routemap	legend=track	inline=y	map=
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#000
mapframe-marker	rail

at Lake Park Avenue Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ north to RP2q!~MFADEgq!~lhSTRae+L\GRZa!~tRP2q!~vSTR\GRZa!~tRP2q!~vSTR\RP2q!~MFADEfq!~lhSTRae+R ~~ ~~ 55th St. GRZ!~vSTR\GRZ!~vSTR GRZ!~vSTR\GRZ!~vSTR RP2q!~MFADEgq!~lhSTRae+L\vPSTR(M)\vPSTR(M)\RP2q!~MFADEfq!~lhSTRae+R ~~ ~~ 56th St. vPSTR(M)\vPSTR(M) vPSTR(M)\vPSTR(M) RP2q!~MFADEgq!~lhSTRae+L\vSTR\vSTR\RP2q!~MFADEfq!~lhSTRae+R ~~ ~~ 57th St. vSTR\vSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ south to vSTR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ south to | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail 55th–56th–57th Street is a commuter rail station in Hyde Park, 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. The South Shore Line calls the station 57th Street. It is the closest station to the Museum of Science and Industry, and also serves the residential neighborhood adjoining the University of Chicago. As of 2018, the station is the 39th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,133 weekday boardings.

History

The South Shore Line began stopping at 57th Street on October 16, 1966, at noon. Prior to this, the South Shore Line had stopped at 53rd Street. The switch was made to better serve the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry. South Shore Line service was withdrawn from the station by 1985, with service returning by 2009.

This station, and the adjacent 53rd Street station, were rebuilt in 2002 with concrete platforms to replace wooden platforms built in the 1920s.

Until November 2014 (when the staffed station closed), this was the only station along the route outside of Downtown Chicago's two main stations that had a staffed ticket office, as many express trains on both lines stop at the station and it is the South Side's main station.

Bus connections

CTA

Jeffery Local
Stony Island
Garfield (Owl Service)
University of Chicago/Hyde Park

References

(April 2019). "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018".
. (October 16, 1966). "South Shore Switches Stop to 57th Street". *Chicago Tribune*.
. (June 12, 1966). "Move Stops 4 Blocks Is Railway Plea". *Chicago Tribune*.
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad. (December 1, 1985). "Time Table".
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD). (February 24, 2009). "Timetable".
"The HP Metra stations and other Metra accommodations and fleet updates; new cars and coffee shops coming". Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference.

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