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87th is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line.The station is located in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and serves the Chatham neighborhood. There are two entrances to the station, one on the south side of the 87th Street overpass which served as the only entrance from 1969 until 2006 and one on the north side of the overpass which was opened as part of the Dan Ryan ...
87th Street (Woodruff) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.The station is located at 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue (although unofficially includes South Ingleside Avenue) and is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. [2]
87th Street station is a station on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line on the southeast side of Chicago, United States.The station is located at 87th Street, two block East of Commercial Avenue, and is 12.51 miles (20.13 km) away from the northern terminus, Millennium Station. [2]
After World War II, the CTA built three new branches of the "L" through the medians of freeways. The first was the Congress Branch, which opened on June 22, 1958. On July 30, 1958, proposals for a line in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and a line in the median of the Kennedy Expressway were among a series of projects proposed by the CTA. [2]
87th: Wrightwood 87th/Western Oak Lawn 87th/Cicero South Chicago 91st/Commercial Gresham 87th/Vincennes Daily 1,877,045 77th N87 87th (Owl) Wrightwood 87th/Western Chatham 87th ( ) Night N/A 77th 88 Higgins: Norwood Park Devon/Canfield Jefferson Park Jefferson Park ( ) Daily 264,795 Forest Glen 90 Harlem: Norwood Park Harlem ( ) Oak Park Harlem ...
87th Street may refer to: In Chicago. 87th Street (Metra) 87th Street (Woodruff) (Metra) 87th (CTA station) Elsewhere. 87th Street (Manhattan), New York City
In Metra's zone-based fare system, 83rd Street-Avalon Park station is in zone 2. As of 2018, 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. [1]
The station is served by the Q train at all times, limited rush hour N trains, and one northbound A.M. rush hour R train. There are two tracks and an island platform. The station was part of the original Second Avenue Subway as outlined in the Program for Action in 1968. Construction on that project started in 1972, but stalled in 1975 due to ...