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63rd Street station (Metra)

Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois

Field	Value
style	Metra
name	{{Metra header
name	63rd Street
icon
nictd	y
line	University Park Sub District
image	63rd Street Station - Metra Electric.jpg
image_caption	63rd Street station in November 2016.
address	63rd Street and Dorchester Street
Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois
coordinates
other	CTA Bus
platform	2 island platforms
tracks	4
passengers	167 (avg. weekday)
pass_year	2018
pass_percent	-44.1
pass_rank	169 out of 236
pass_system	Metra
opened	1903
electrified
accessible	No
owned	Metra
zone	2 (Metra and South Shore)
former	Woodlawn Park
63rd Street (Woodlawn)
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Metra	line1=Metra Electric	type1=Main Line & Blue Island	left1=75th Street/Grand Crossing	right1=59th Street	line2=Metra Electric	type2=South Chicago	left2=Stony Island	right2=59th Street	to-left2=South Chicago	to-right2=Millennium
system3	NICTD	line3=South Shore	left3=Hegewisch	right3=57th Street	to-left3=South Bend Airport	to-right3=Millennium Station}}
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services_header	Future services
other_services
other_services2_collapsible	yes
other_services2_header	Former services
other_services2	{{Adjacent stations	system1=NICTD
line1	Former	to-left1=Millennium Station	left1=57th Street	right1=115th Street/Kensington
system2	Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
line2	South Shore	left2=53rd Street	right2=115th Street/Kensington
system3	Illinois Central Railroad
line3	main	left3=Kensington	right3=53rd Street
line4	Electric Suburban	left4=67th Street	right4=59th Street
system6	New York Central Railroad
line6	Michigan Central	left6=Kensington	right6=Chicago-Central	to-left6=Detroit	to-right6=Chicago-Central
line7	Chicago-Cincinnati	left7=Kensington	right7=Chicago-Central	to-left7=Cincinnati	to-right7=Chicago-Central
system8	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	line8=C&O Indiana	left8=Hammond	right8=Chicago Central	note-mid8=*1907–1911
1925–1933*	to-left8=Cincinnati	to-right8=Chicago Central
map_state	collapsed
route_map	{{Routemap	inline=1	legend=track	map=
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#000
mapframe-marker	rail

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History

The station, originally named Woodlawn, was built by the Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) in 1903, and served both ICRR commuter trains and long-distance passenger trains until the railroad relinquished its passenger train service to Amtrak in 1971. A large combination station and office building for the Illinois Central was built in 1917, and demolished in the 1980s. The station had another island platform between the two non-electrified tracks on the eastern side to serve Illinois Central and some New York Central long-distance trains. It is now removed, but evidence still remains.

Named trains making stops at Woodlawn:

Illinois Central:
- City of New Orleans (to New Orleans)
- Green Diamond (to St. Louis)
- Louisiane (to New Orleans)
- Panama Limited (to New Orleans)
- Seminole (to Jacksonville, Florida)
New York Central:
- Cincinnati Special (to Cincinnati)
- James Whitcomb Riley (to Cincinnati)

Recent years

This also serves as a stop for Mount Carmel High School students, which is directly across from the station. The station was originally used as a local and express station until the schedules were shifted in 1975 to make 55th–56th–57th Street station the express station.

This is the last stop on the main line for trains of the South Chicago branch, which splits off south of the station. Prior to 1982, the Jackson Park branch of the South Side 'L' crossed the Metra Electric tracks on a bridge just north of this station. Trains stopped at nearby Dorchester station.

Bus connections

CTA

63rd (Owl Service)

References

(April 2019). "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018".
(August 1960). "Index of Railroad Stations: Woodlawn, Cook Co., Ill.". National Railway Publication Company.
(August 1960). "Illinois Central Railroad, Tables 1, 4, 13". National Railway Publication Company.
(August 1960). "New York Central Railroad, Table 29". National Railway Publication Company.
Joseph P. Schwieterman. (2014). "Terminal Town". [[Lake Forest College]].

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