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Gresham station

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Owned by
  
Metra

Platforms
  
1 island platform

Connections
  
CTA Buses

Line(s)
  
Rock Island District

Tracks
  
2

Gresham station

Location
  
820 West 87th Street Gresham, Chicago, Illinois 60620

Gresham is a station on the Rock Island District Metra line, which runs between Joliet, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois at the LaSalle Street Station. It is in Zone B according to Metra fee schedules based on its 9.8 miles (15.8 km) distance from downtown Chicago. It is in the community area of Auburn Gresham, on the south side of Chicago. The Rock Island service splits here; most trains travel west over the Suburban Line (via Brainerd), while some rush-hour trains head due south for Blue Island (via Longwood). The SouthEast Service will also use this station.

Gresham Station is built on an embankment between bridges over West 87th Street and Vincennes Avenue. Parking is mainly street-side, and there are parking lots on the corner of Vincennes Avenue and Halsted Street, and on Genoa Avenue between 88th and 87th Street.

Bus connections

CTA

  • 8A South Halsted
  • 24 Wentworth
  • 87 87th
  • N87 87th (Owl Service)
  • References

    Gresham station Wikipedia