59th Street (Metra station)

59th Street
University of Chicago
Metra Electric Train departing 59th Street Station
Location	59th & Harper Streets Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Coordinates
Line(s)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	CTA Bus
Other information
Fare zone	B
History
Previous names	South Park, 59th Street-Stony Island
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station 55th–56th–57th Street toward Millennium Station Metra Electric District 63rd Street toward University Park, South Chicago, or Blue Island

The 59th Street Metra station is a railway station serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station looks over 59th street, originally the University of Chicago's southern border, and the Midway Plaisance. Trains run between Millennium Station downtown and University Park, Blue Island, and the Chicago's neighborhood of South Chicago, the three southern branches. Before the 57th Street Station to the immediate north was rebuilt into a major station in 2002, all express trains served 59th Street and the station had a staffed ticket window.

Although the station is officially titled "59th Street-University of Chicago", the majority of University of Chicago and Hyde Park traffic is now served by the 57th Street Station; only some express trains stop at 59th Street. It is more dilapidated than the modern 57th street station and there have been discussions to demolish it. These plans were confirmed in December 2015 when Metra announced its plan to close the 59th Street station and further add service to the 55th-56th-57th Street station. These plans also included adding ticket agents at 55th-56th-57th Street, Homewood, Flossmoor, and University Park.

Bus connections

CTA

• #2 Hyde Park Express
• #6 Jackson Park Express
• #15 Jeffery Local
• #28 Stony Island
• #X28 Stony Island Express
• #170 University of Chicago/Midway

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Metra – Stations – 59th Street (Metra station)