{{Short description|Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{for|the former light rail stop in San Francisco|Church and 27th Street station}} {{One source|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox station | style = Metra | name = {{Metra header | name=27th Street | icon={{ric|Metra|me}}}} | symbol_location = | symbol = | type = | image = Outbound track at 27th Street, looking north.jpg | image_caption = 27th Street station in November 2024 | address = 27th Street, East of Ellis Avenue<br />[[Douglas, Chicago|Douglas]], [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.84602|-87.61412|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = University Park Sub District | other = | structure = | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | levels = | tracks = 4 | parking = | bicycle = | passengers = 12 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -60 | pass_rank = 233 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = 1926<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/08/08/archives/chicago-welcomes-electrified-roads-illinois-central-line-does-away.html|title=CHICAGO WELCOMES ELECTRIFIED ROADS; Illinois Central Line Does Away With Coal-Burners on Its Suburban Trains.|date=1926-08-08|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2026-02-17}}</ref> | accessible = No | code = | owned = Metra | zone = 2 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Metra Electric|left=47th Street/Kenwood|right=McCormick Place}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Illinois Central Railroad |line2=Electric Suburban|left2=31st Street|right2=23rd Street}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|ME}} north to {{stl|Metra|Millennium}} v-STR!~XPLTq!~dMFADEgq\vSTR!~XPLTar\vSTR- v-STR\vPSTR(M)\vSTR- v-STR\vPSTR(M)\vSTR- vSTR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{rint|Chicago|ME}} south to {{BSsplit|{{stl|Metra|University Park}}, {{stl|Metra|Blue Island}},|and {{stl|Metra|South Chicago}}}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #ff4e00 | mapframe-marker = rail | mpassengers = }} '''27th Street station''' is a [[commuter rail]] station in the [[Douglas, Chicago|Douglas]] neighborhood of [[Chicago]] that serves the [[Metra Electric Line]] north to [[Millennium Station]] and south to [[University Park, Illinois|University Park]], [[Blue Island, Illinois|Blue Island]], and [[South Chicago, Chicago|South Chicago]]. As of 2018, 27th Street is Metra's least-used station, with an average of 12 weekday boardings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018|date=April 2019|website=Metra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=}}</ref> 27th Street is a [[flag stop]]; trains will not stop unless a passenger is waiting on the platform or a passenger notifies a conductor.
The station was originally built by the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] (ICRR). It directly served [[Michael Reese Hospital]] until the hospital closed in 2008. It was the site of Chicago's worst rail disaster, the [[1972 Chicago commuter rail crash]].
== Connections == '''[[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA buses]]''' * {{rint|chicago|bus|3}} King Drive * {{rint|chicago|bus|21}} Cermak
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== External links == *{{commons category-inline}} {{Metra web|Metra Electric|27TH-UP|27th Street}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.844522,-87.614745&spn=0.003948,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.844522,-87.614745&panoid=kQRPMIbSY-ardb4-WjOEsg&cbp=12,83.92,,1,2.18 27th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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