63rd Street station (Metra)

63rd Street
63rd Street station in November 2016.
General information
Location	63rd Street & Dorchester Street Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°46′47″N 87°35′26″W / 41.779785°N 87.590539°W / 41.779785; -87.590539
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	University Park Sub District
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	CTA Bus
Construction
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2 (Metra and South Shore)
History
Opened	1903
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Previous names	Woodlawn Park 63rd Street (Woodlawn)
Passengers
2018	167 (average weekday)[1]  44.1% (Metra)
Rank	169 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station 75th Street (Grand Crossing) toward University Park or Blue Island Metra Electric Main Line & Blue Island Branch 59th Street/University of Chicago toward Millennium Station Stony Island toward South Chicago Metra Electric South Chicago Branch Preceding station NICTD Following station Hegewisch toward South Bend Airport South Shore Line 55th–56th–57th Street toward Millennium Station
Future services Preceding station NICTD Following station Hegewisch toward Munster/Dyer Main Street Monon Corridor peak hours 55th–56th–57th Street toward Millennium Station
Former services Preceding station NICTD Following station 55th–56th–57th Street toward Millennium Station South Shore Line Kensington/115th Street toward South Bend Airport Preceding station Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Following station 53rd Street toward Randolph Street South Shore Line Kensington/115th Street toward South Bend Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Kensington toward New Orleans Main Line 53rd Street toward Chicago 67th Street toward Richton, 91st Street or Blue Island Electric Suburban 59th Street toward Randolph Street Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Kensington toward Detroit Michigan Central Railroad Main Line Chicago Terminus Kensington toward Cincinnati Chicago – Cincinnati Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Hammond toward Cincinnati Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad 1907-1911 1925-1933 Chicago Terminus
Track layout Legend ME north to Millennium Jackson Park branch (demolished 1982) 63rd St. 64th St. 65th St. ME south to University Park, Blue Island, or South Chicago south to South Bend Airport
Location

63rd Street station is a commuter rail station within the city of Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and the Chicago neighborhood of South Chicago and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana. Most South Shore Line trains do not stop at this station, except for one inbound train during the AM rush and two outbound trains during the PM rush on weekdays. As of 2018, the station is the 169th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 167 weekday boardings.^[1]