Woodruff/87th Street (Metra)

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name=87th Street-Woodruff
type=Metra regional rail


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address=87th Street and Dauphin Avenue
Chatham, Chicago, IL
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Woodruff-87th Street is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of the City of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 87th Street & Dauphin Avenue(although unoficially includes South Ingleside Avenue) and is mi to km|10.86 away from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station. [ [http://hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/mmelec.html Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric] ] In Metra's fare-based system, 87th Street-Woodruff Station is in zone C.

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 along 87th Street known as 87th Street-Metra Electric along the South Chicago Branch. West of this station is yet another 87th Street station on the CTA Red Line at the Dan Ryan Expressway. Street-side parking is available on the southwest and southeast corners of 87th Street & Dauphin Avenue at the north end of Dauphin Park. This can be found on the west side of the station. Though Metra's official website claims no bus connections are available, CTA's #87 bus does stop at Dauphin & Ingleside Avenues near the station, as well as on South Dobson Avenue on the east side of the station.

=CTA Bus connections=

*87: 87th Street

References

External links

* [http://metrarail.com/Sched/me/87th.shtml Metra Electric - 87th Street(Woodruff) Station]