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83rd Street/Avalon Park station

Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois


Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois

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name83rd Street/Avalon Park
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imagePlatform at 83rd Street Avalon Park, looking south (52932709877).jpg
image_caption83rd Street (Avalon Park) station in May 2023.
address83rd Street near Ellis Avenue
Chatham, Chicago, Illinois
coordinates
lineUniversity Park Sub District
platform1 island platform
tracks4
parkingStreet-side
passengers56 (average weekday)
pass_year2018
pass_percent40
pass_rank209 out of 236
opened1926
electrified
accessibleNo
ownedMetra
zone2
services
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other_services_collapsibleyes
{{Adjacent stationssystemIllinois Central Railroad
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Chatham, Chicago, Illinois vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ north to v-STR\vPSTR(M)\vSTR- v-STR\vPSTR(M)\vSTR- RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2q!~vSTR\RP2q!~vSTR\RP2q!~MFADEfq ~~ ~~ 83rd St. vSTR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ south to | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ff4e00 | mapframe-marker = rail 83rd Street/Avalon Park is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in Chicago, Illinois. The station is located over 83rd Street near Ellis Avenue and is 10.4 mi away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. Despite the name of the station, it is actually located in Chatham, not the Avalon Park neighborhood for which it is named; however, it is only a short distance from Avalon Park. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 83rd Street-Avalon Park station is in zone 2. , the station is the 209th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 56 weekday boardings. The station's rank is tied with the neighboring 87th Street (Woodruff) station.

Like much of the main branch of the Metra Electric line, 83rd Street-Avalon Park is built on elevated tracks near the embankment of a bridge over 83rd Street. This bridge also carries an Amtrak line (owned by Canadian National Railway) that runs parallel to it, carrying the City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki trains. The former Nickel Plate Railroad ran just east of the Metra tracks. It also had a station stop at 83rd Street. The Nickel Plate right-of-way now is overgrown with trees.

There is another 83rd Street station on the South Chicago Branch.

Side-street parking is available on 83rd Street between the tracks and Woodlawn Avenue. Currently, no bus connections are available.

References

References

  1. "Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric".
  2. (April 2019). "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018".
  3. Welsh, Joseph. (2002). "Passenger Trains of Yesteryear Chicago Eastbound". Kalmbach Publishing Company.
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