Gresham is a station on the Rock Island District Metra line, which runs between Joliet, Illinois and LaSalle Street Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is in zone B according to Metra fee schedules based on its 9.8 miles (15.8 km) distance from downtown Chicago.[2] As of 2018, Gresham is the 142nd busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 313 weekday boardings.[1] It is in the community area of Auburn Gresham, on the south side of Chicago. The Rock Island service splits just south of here; most trains travel west over the Suburban Line (via Brainerd), while some rush-hour trains head south for Blue Island on the main line (via Longwood).
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Location | 820 West 87th Street Auburn Gresham, Chicago, Illinois 60620 | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41.7372°N 87.6444°W / 41.7372; -87.6444 | ||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Joliet Subdistrict | ||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Connections | CTA Buses | ||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | No | ||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | B | ||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 313 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Rank | 142 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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As of 2022, Gresham is served by 20 trains in each direction on weekdays, by 10 inbound trains and 11 outbound trains on Saturdays, and by eight trains in each direction on Sundays.
Although Gresham is situated north of where the main and suburban lines split, the station is served only by suburban trains, with trains scheduled to run on the main line bypassing it at all times.
Gresham Station is built on an embankment between bridges over West 87th Street and Vincennes Avenue. Parking is mainly street-side, and there are parking lots on the corner of Vincennes Avenue and Halsted Street, and on Genoa Avenue between 88th and 87th Street.
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