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Kedzie station (Metra)

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Kedzie Metra Station
Kedzie Metra Station

Kedzie is a Metra commuter railroad station in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line. The station is at North Kedzie Avenue and West Carroll Avenue in an industrial and low-income residential neighborhood. The Chicago Transit Authority's elevated Kedzie station is on West Lake Street, about three blocks to the south. The Garfield Park Conservatory is nearby, and Westinghouse High School is just north of the station. The Union Pacific’s California Avenue yard, where Metra coaches for the Union Pacific lines are stored during the day, is just to the east. On weekdays, as of 2022, 12 of 20 inbound trains stop here, and eight of 20 outbound trains. Most trains continue west to Oak Park without stopping. No passenger trains stop at Kedzie station on weekends or holidays. A sign is posted at the station noting that no trains serve the station after 6:30 P.M.; however, one outbound train does currently stop here at 11:09 P.M. As of 2018, Kedzie is the 214th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 41 weekday boardings.

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Kedzie station (Metra)
North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago East Garfield Park

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N 41.8882 ° E -87.7069 °
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Kedzie

North Kedzie Avenue
60647 Chicago, East Garfield Park
Illinois, United States
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