Kedzie station (Metra)
Kedzie is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific/West Line.
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| Location | North Kedzie Avenue & West Carroll Avenue Chicago, IL | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.8882°N 87.7069°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Union Pacific | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island Platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  CTA Buses | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | A | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 41 (average weekday)[1]  21.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 214 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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The station is at North Kedzie Avenue and West Carroll Avenue in an industrial and low-income residential neighborhood. The Chicago Transit Authority's elevated Kedzie station is on West Lake Street, about three blocks to the south. The Garfield Park Conservatory is nearby, and Westinghouse High School (Chicago) is just north of the station.
No passenger trains stop at Kedzie station on weekends. On weekdays, 12 of 29 inbound trains stop, and 10 of 30 outbound trains. Most trains continue west to Oak Park. As of 2018, Kedzie is the 214th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 41 weekday boardings.[1]
References
- "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). metrarail.com. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.