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.

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Kedzie
General information
Location	North Kedzie Avenue & West Carroll Avenue Chicago, IL
Coordinates	41.8882°N 87.7069°W / 41.8882; -87.7069
Owned by	Union Pacific
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	5
Connections	CTA Buses
Construction
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	1947; 75 years ago (1947)[citation needed]
Passengers
2018	41 (average weekday)[1]  21.2%
Rank	214 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station Oak Park toward Elburn Union Pacific West Ogilvie Terminus
Former services Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Oak Park toward Omaha Main Line Chicago Terminus Austin toward Geneva Galena Division

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^[update], Kedzie is the 214th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 41 weekday boardings.[1]

Bus and rail connections

CTA Green Line

• Kedzie

CTA Buses

• 52 Kedzie

References

External links

• Metra - Kedzie
• Kedzie Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View