Prairie Street station

{{short description|Commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style=Metra|name={{Metra header | name=Prairie Street<br/><small>Blue Island</small> | icon={{ric|Metra|ri|Beverly Branch}}}} | type= | image= Prairie Street-Blue Island Station.jpg | image_caption= | address=2100 West Prairie Street<br />[[Blue Island, Illinois]] | coordinates={{coord|41.6620|-87.6752|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line=Beverly Subdistrict | other= | structure= | platform=1 [[side platform]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110928020914/http://www.thebluecomet.com/ri665blueisland.jpg thebluecomet.com picture]. Retrieved February 12, 2011</ref> | levels= | tracks=2 | parking=Yes | bicycle= | passengers=30 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year=2018 | pass_percent=50 | pass_rank=220 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system= | opened= | closed= | rebuilt= | electrified= | accessible=No | code= | owned=Metra | zone=2 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Rock Island|left=Blue Island–Vermont Street|right=123rd Street|type=Beverly Branch}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|line=Suburban|left=Blue Island Vermont Street|right=Blue Island 123rd Street|note-mid=via Beverly}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=y|map= vSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ {{ric|Metra|RI|Beverly Branch}} to {{stl|Metra|LaSalle}} hRP4q!~MFADEgq\vSTR!~hRP4q\hRP4q!~MFADEfq ~~ ~~ 127th St. vSTR PLTl\vSTR\ PLTl\vSTR\ RP2q!~MFADEgq\vSKRZ-G2BUE\RP2q!~MFADEfq ~~ ~~ Prairie St. vSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ {{ric|Metra|RI|Beverly Branch}} to {{stl|Metra|Joliet}} }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Metra|RI|Beverly Branch}} | mapframe-marker = rail | mpassengers= }} '''Prairie Street''' is one of four [[Metra]] railroad stations in [[Blue Island, Illinois]] along the Beverly Branch of the [[Rock Island District]] Line, and one of five total within the town of Blue Island. It is {{convert|15.8|mi|km}} from [[LaSalle Street Station]], the northern terminus of the line,<ref>[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mmri.html Metra Railfan Tips - Rock Island District]</ref> and is both located on and named after Prairie Street. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Prairie Street is in zone 2. As of 2018, Prairie Street is the 220th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 30 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>

As of June 2026, Prairie Street is served by 13 trains (7 inbound and 6 outbound) on weekdays only.

Parking is available on both sides of the tracks at a dead end of Prairie Street, south of the Burr Oak Avenue Bridge, which also crosses the main line and the freight yards between the two lines, the '''Burr Oak Yard''' on the north side of the bridge and the '''[[Iowa Interstate Railroad]]-Chicago Rail Link'''. No bus connections are available.

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==External links== {{Metra web|Rock Island|PRAIRIEST}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.66177,-87.675389&spn=0.003992,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.66177,-87.675389&panoid=PewZk7fso1CCgUltulJDNg&cbp=12,41.74,,0,1.76 Station from Google Maps Street View]{{Portal bar|Illinois|United States|Trains|Transportation|Technology}}

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