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Racine Avenue
General information
Location	Racine Avenue south of 120th Street West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°40′27″N 87°39′07″W / 41.6741°N 87.6520°W / 41.6741; -87.6520
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	Blue Island Subdistrict
Platforms	1 Side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Open-sheltered platform
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Passengers
2018	28 (average weekday)  9.7%
Rank	221 out of 236
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Ashland/Calumet Parktoward Blue Island Metra ElectricBlue Island Branch West Pullmantoward Millennium Station
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Ashland Avenuetoward Blue Island Electric SuburbanBlue Island Branch West Pullmantoward Randolph Street
Track layout Legend ME north to Millennium ME south to Blue Island
Location

Racine Avenue is a commuter rail station along the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric line in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is officially located at Racine Avenue, South of 120th Street, and is 17.0 miles (27.4 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Racine Avenue is in zone 2. As of 2018, Racine Avenue is the 221st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 28 weekday boardings.

Racine Avenue is the last station along the Blue Island Branch within the Chicago city limits. Parking is available exclusively along 121st Street between South Elizabeth and South Racine Avenues. No bus connections are available at this station.

A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014, assigns the Racine Avenue station a typology of Mixed Residential/Industrial Neighborhood (MRIN). This typology is an area in which the Metra station serves both residential and industrial uses. Like most of the MRIN stations, it does not have access to CTA rail.

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
3. Teska Associates, Inc., Fish Transportation Group, and OKW Architects (October 16, 2014). "City of Chicago & METRA Station Typology Study" (PDF). Chicago: Regional Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Metra – Stations – Racine Avenue
• Station from Google Maps Street View

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