95th Street (Chicago State University) (Metra)

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name=95th Street-Chicago State University
type=Metra regional rail


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address=95th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago, IL
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95th Street-Chicago State University is an electrified commuter rail station along Metra Electric's main line on the northeast corner of Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 95th Street & Cottage Grove Aveenue, and is mi to km|12.04 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, 95th Street-CSU Station is in zone C.

Like much of the main branch of the Metra Electric line, 95th Street-CSU is built on elevated tracks near the embankment of a bridge over 95th Street. This bridge also carries the Amtrak line that runs parallel to it, carrying the "City of New Orleans", "Illini", and "Saluki" trains. In addition the line, which is owned by Canadian National Railway has a connection to the Norfolk Southern and Belt Railway which crosses over the tracks as well as Cottage Grove Avenue, between Lyon and Burnside Avenues.

In April 2004, the Chicago State University master plan called for a new station south of the existing one [ [http://www.csu.edu/administrativeinformation/planning/PDF/masterplanpart1of4.pdf CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER PLAN: A Framework to Guide Future Growth, April 2004] ] , which has caused some controversy among the students and the surrounding neighborhood. The station, if built, would serve as a combined Metra and Chicago Transit Authority Transit Center.

=CTA Bus connections=

*4: Cottage Grove
*X4: Cottage Grove Express
*N5: South Shore Night Bus
*95E: 93rd/95th
*100: Jeffery Manor Express
*111: Pullman-111th/115th

References

External links

* [http://metrarail.com/Sched/me/95th.shtml Metra Electric - 95th Street-Chicago State University Station]
* [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/73041248_e8e4b23c6f_b.jpgImage of 95th Street-CSU Station (The Sixth Ward Blog)]