51st–53rd Street (Hyde Park)

Hyde Park Township, Italy

51st/53rd Street/Hyde Park is a commuter rail station within the City of Chicago serves the Metra Electric District north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago. As of 2018, the station is the 78th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an aver

age of 671 weekday boardings. The station location, one of the oldest in the United States, has been in continuous use by commuters since 1856. During peak commute hours, many express trains stop at this station. At off-peak hours, it is served mainly by local trains. Station entrances are located at East Hyde Park Boulevard (5100 S.)/Lake Park Avenue and at 53rd Street/Lake Park Avenue. The station is located near Kenwood Academy High School, the 53rd Street commercial district, and the Regents Park apartment complex. The East Hyde Park Boulevard (51st Street) viaduct was once the site of a graffiti mural, painted by non-profit youth organization Higher Gliffs with Metra's permission. In September 2006, the murals were whitewashed, possibly by mistake. The station was served by Illinois Central Railroad intercity-trains from Chicago to points south at an island platform on the two non-electrified...

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