87th Street (Metra station)

87th Street
87th Street Metra Electric station from the alley north of the East 87th Street grade crossing.
Location	87th Street, east of Commercial Avenue South Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°44′16″N 87°32′54″W / 41.7379°N 87.5482°WCoordinates: 41°44′16″N 87°32′54″W / 41.7379°N 87.5482°W
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	Metra Electric District
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA Bus
Construction
Structure type	Closed-sheltered platform
Parking	Yes; street-side
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	B
Electrified	Yes
Services
Ticket vending machines Preceding station   Metra   Following station 83rd Street toward Millennium Station Metra Electric District South Chicago Branch South Chicago Terminus

87th Street is the penultimate stop on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line in the South Side of Chicago. 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.^[1] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 87th Street is in zone B.

Though Metra gives the address for the station as being at 87th Street east of Commercial Avenue, it is actually closer to South Baltimore Avenue. The tracks run along the east side of a one-lane alley behind South Baltimore Avenue, which spans only from 86th Street to 87th Street.

West of this station is another Metra Electric station along 87th Street known as 87th Street (Woodruff) along the Main Branch. Parking is available at this station, but only street-side along 87th Street, on the south side between Houston and Burley Avenues, and on the north side between the tracks and Baltimore Avenue.

Bus connections

CTA

• #87 87th Street

References

1. Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric

External links

Media related to 87th Street (Metra) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metra – Stations – 87th Street (Metra station)

• 87th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View