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87th Street Woodruff
87th Street (Woodruff) station in May 2023.
General information
Location	87th Street and Dauphin Avenue Chatham, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°44′14″N 87°36′01″W / 41.7372°N 87.6003°W / 41.7372; -87.6003
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	University Park Sub District
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Street-side
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Passengers
2018	56 (average weekday)  36.6%
Rank	209 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station 91st Street (Chesterfield)toward University Park or Blue Island Metra ElectricMain Line & Blue Island Branch 83rd Street (Avalon Park)toward Millennium Station
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station 91st Streettoward Richton or Blue Island Electric SuburbanMain Line & Blue Island Branch 83rd Streettoward Randolph Street
Track layout Legend ME north to Millennium 87th St. ME south to University Park and Blue Island
Location

87th Street (Woodruff) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue (although unofficially includes South Ingleside Avenue) and is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 87th Street-Woodruff station is in zone 2. As of 2018, the station is the 209th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 56 weekday boardings. The station's rank is tied with the neighboring 83rd Street (Avalon Park) station.

Like much of the main branch of the Metra Electric line, 87th Street-Woodruff is built on elevated tracks near the embankment of a bridge over 87th Street. This bridge also carries the Amtrak line that runs parallel to it, carrying the City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki trains.

East of this station is another Metra Electric station on 87th Street on the South Chicago Branch at 87th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Approximately one mile west of the Woodruff station is the 87th Street station on the CTA Red Line at the Dan Ryan Expressway.

At the Woodruff station, street-side parking is available on the southwest and southeast corners of 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue at the north end of Dauphin Park. This can be found on the west side of the station just south of 87th Street. Though Metra's official website claims no bus connections are available, CTA's 87 bus does stop at Dauphin and Ingleside Avenues near the station, as well as on South Dobson Avenue on the east side of the station. The northbound 4 Cottage Grove bus stops on the southeast corner of 87th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue and the southbound 4 stops on the northwest corner of 87th Street and Cottage Grove. This intersection is about a quarter-mile west of the Woodruff station.

History

As part of a reconstruction project, this station is temporarily closed beginning on December 16, 2024, which coincided with the reopening of the 79th Street (Chatham) station. The station rebuild is expected to conclude in late 2025.

Bus connections

CTA

• 87 87th

References

1. ^ "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
2. "Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric".(registration required)
3. "Metra to reopen 79th Street/Chatham Station after completion of rehabilitation work". Mass Transit. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

External links

• Metra – Stations – 87th Street (Woodruff)
• 87th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Metra stations in Chicago
• Former Illinois Central Railroad stations