51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park) station
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Hyde Park/51st–53rd Street station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | University Park Sub District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms (formerly 3)[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | CTA Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Overhead line, 1,500 V DC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Madison Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 671 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 78 out of 236[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. As of 2018, the station is the 78th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 671 weekday boardings.[1] 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, the 53rd Street commercial district, and the Regents Park apartment complex.
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.[2]
The station was served by Illinois Central Railroad intercity-trains from Chicago to points south at an island platform on the two non-electrified tracks east of the electrified tracks.[3] 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,[4] the next station south.
Bus connections
[edit]- 2 Hyde Park Express
- 6 Jackson Park Express
- 15 Jeffery Local
- 28 Stony Island
- 171 University of Chicago/Hyde Park
- 172 University of Chicago/Kenwood
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ "City destroys local murals". Hyde Park Herald. September 20, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ Illinois Central Schedule June 1942.
- ^ "South Shore Switches Stop to 57th Street". Chicago Tribune. October 16, 1966. p. 2 Section 4.
External links
[edit]Media related to 51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park) station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metra – Stations – 51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park)
- Hyde Park Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
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