Halsted Street, also known as Halsted Street/U.I.C., is a station on Metra's BNSF Line, located in Chicago, Illinois. The station is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the BNSF Line.[2] As of 2018, Halsted Street is the 182nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 115 weekday boardings.[1] The elevated station consists of two island platforms on an embankment near an overpass. Only platform 1 is actively used for passenger service, though both platforms 1 and 2 were recently rehabilitated as of 2024. There are staircases leading to the southbound sidewalk of Halsted Street, as well as two unstaffed shelters on platform 1.
As of April 29, 2024, Halsted Street is served by 56 trains (27 inbound and 29 outbound) on weekdays and 33 trains (16 inbound and 17 outbound) on weekends.
Bus connections
- 8 Halsted
- 18 16th/18th
- N62 Archer (Owl Service - Overnight only)
References
- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
- ^ Metra Railfan Tips - BNSF Railway Line
External links
Media related to Halsted Street station at Wikimedia Commons- Street station Metra – Stations – Halsted Street station
- Halsted Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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