South Shore (Metra)
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South Shore Metra Electric is an electrified commuter rail station along the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line
, on the South Shore
neighborhood of Chicago
. Metra gives the official located at 71st Street near Yates Boulevard and South Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41
), however the station is actually located on nearby Exchange Avenue, and is 10.28 miles (16.5 km) away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station. In Metra's fare-based system, South Shore Station is in zone B.
Along with Windsor Park
and Cheltenham
stations, South Shore Station is one of three that run along the median of Exchange Avenue, just southeast of 71st Street, which contains Stony Island Avenue
and Bryn Mawr
stations. Limited side-street parking is available for this station along 72nd Street between Exchange Avenue and Yates Boulevard. Bus connections are provided by the Chicago Transit Authority
.
Metra Electric Line
The Metra Electric District is an electrified commuter rail line owned and operated by Metra which connects Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, with the city's southern suburbs...
, on the South Shore
South Shore, Chicago
South Shore is one of 77 well-defined community areas of the City of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. A predominately black neighborhood located along Chicago's southern lakefront, it is a relatively stable and gentrifying neighborhood...
neighborhood of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. Metra gives the official located at 71st Street near Yates Boulevard and South Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41 is a north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was U.S...
), however the station is actually located on nearby Exchange Avenue, and is 10.28 miles (16.5 km) away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station. In Metra's fare-based system, South Shore Station is in zone B.
Along with Windsor Park
Windsor Park (Metra)
75th Street-Windsor Park is a station on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric District Line. It is located at 75th Street in the median of Exchange Avenue and is away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station...
and Cheltenham
Cheltenham (Metra)
Cheltenham is a station on the Hyde Park/South Chicago branch of the Metra Electric Line. The station is located along the median of Exchange Avenue, approximately one city block north of East 79th Street, and is away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station.West of this station is...
stations, South Shore Station is one of three that run along the median of Exchange Avenue, just southeast of 71st Street, which contains Stony Island Avenue
Stony Island (Metra)
Stony Island Station is the first electrified commuter rail station along the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line. The station is located in the median of 71st Street west of the intersection with Stony Island Avenue, and is away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station...
and Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr (Metra)
Bryn Mawr is a station on the Hyde Park/ South Chicago branch of the Metra Electric Line. It is located at 71st Street and Jeffery Bouevard, which is away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station...
stations. Limited side-street parking is available for this station along 72nd Street between Exchange Avenue and Yates Boulevard. Bus connections are provided by the Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
.
Bus connections
CTA-
#6 Jackson Park Express -
#26 South Shore Express -
#71 71st-South Shore