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Auburn Park | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 79th Street Chicago, Illinois United States | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°45′01″N 87°38′25″W / 41.7502°N 87.6402°W [1] | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Rock Island District | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Status | Under construction [2] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1879 [3] (Rock Island) | ||||||||||||
Opening | 2024 (Metra) | ||||||||||||
Closed | 1978 [4] (Rock Island) | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | September 30, 2019 [2] | ||||||||||||
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Auburn Park is a planned railroad station on the South Side of Chicago serving Metra's Rock Island District. It will be located on the southeast corner of 79th Street and South Lowe Avenue. [5] [6]
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operated an Auburn Park station at 78th Street [4] from 1879 [3] to 1978. [4] After ridership dropped to 21 daily riders, the station was dropped from most train schedules in favor of increased service to the Oak Forest and Midlothian stations in the suburbs. [7] The Metra station was expected to begin construction after two state bonds were approved in 2009; [8] however, budgeting issues delayed the release of funds. [5] [2] The ceremonial groundbreaking of the station was held on September 30, 2019. [2] As of June 2022, construction is estimated to be completed by 2024. [9]