{{short description|Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{about|the station in Chicago}} {{Infobox station | name = {{Metra header | name=South Shore | icon={{ric|Metra|me|South Chicago}}}} | style = Metra | image = Northbound track at South Shore from the south (52159170574).jpg | image_caption = | address = 71st Street near Yates Boulevard & [[U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|US 41 (South Shore Drive)]]<br>[[South Shore, Chicago]], Illinois | coordinates = {{coord|41.7655|-87.5659|type:railwaystation_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | line = South Chicago Subdistrict | other = '''[[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA Bus]]''' | structure = | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = Street-side | bicycle = | passengers = 121 (average weekday)<ref name=":0" /> | pass_year = 2018 | pass_percent = -33.5 | pass_rank = 180 out of 236<ref name=":0" /> | pass_system = | opened = | closed = | rebuilt = 1999 | 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 = Yes | code = | owned = [[Metra]] | zone = 2 | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metra|line=Metra Electric|type=South Chicago|left=Bryn Mawr|right=75th Street/Windsor Park}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Illinois Central Railroad |line2=Electric Suburban|left2=Windsor Park|right2=Bryn Mawr|type2=South Chicago}} | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap|legend=track|inline=1|map= RP2!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\RP2!~MFADEg\ RP2\STRf\STRg!~POINTERg@fq\RP2\~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|ME-sc}}|north to {{stl|Metra|Millennium}}}} RP22+n\RP2c3!~STR2!~POINTER3\STRc3!~STR2\STRc3!~RP22+n\RP2c3!~POINTER3~~ ~~71st St. \RP2c1\STRc1!~RP2s+4\STRc1!~STR+4\RP2c1!~STR+4\RP22+4\RP2c3!~POINTER2~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|41}} (South Shore Dr.) \RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2xRP2\RP2q!~BUE-us\RP2q!~BUE-us\RP2c1!~RP2c2!~RP2q\RP2w!~RP22+4!~RP23+1!~MFADEfq~~ ~~Yates Blvd. \\RP2\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\RP2s+1\RP2c4!~POINTER1~~ ~~ ~~{{jctrdt|state=IL|US|41}} (71st St.) \RP2!~POINTERg@fq\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\RP2!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~Exchange Ave. \RP2\PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\RP2 \RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2xRP2\RP2q!~BUE-us\RP2q!~BUE-us\RP2xRP2\RP2q!~MFADEfq~~ ~~72nd St. \RP2\STRf!~POINTERg@fq\STRg\RP2~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|{{rint|Chicago|ME-sc}}|south to {{stl|Metra|South Chicago}}}} \RP2!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\RP2!~MFADEf }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rail color|Metra|ME|South Chicago}} | mapframe-marker = rail | mpassengers = }} '''South Shore station''' is an electrified [[commuter rail]] station along the South Chicago Branch of the [[Metra Electric Line]], in the [[South Shore, Chicago|South Shore]] neighborhood of [[Chicago]]. Metra gives the official located at 71st Street near Yates Boulevard and South Shore Drive ([[U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|U.S. Route 41]]), however the station is actually located on nearby Exchange Avenue, and is {{convert|10.28|mi}} away from the northern terminus at [[Millennium Station|Randolph Street Station]].<ref>[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/mpelecb.html Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric]</ref> In Metra's fare-based system, South Shore Station is in zone 2. {{As of|2018}}, South Shore is the 180th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 121 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>
Along with [[Windsor Park (Metra station)|Windsor Park]] and [[Cheltenham (Metra station)|Cheltenham]] stations, South Shore Station is one of three that run along the median of Exchange Avenue, just southeast of 71st Street, which contains [[Stony Island (Metra station)|Stony Island Avenue]] and [[Bryn Mawr (Metra station)|Bryn Mawr]] stations. Limited side-street parking is available for this station along 72nd Street between Exchange Avenue and Yates Boulevard. Bus connections are provided by the [[Chicago Transit Authority]].
==Bus connections== '''[[List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA]]''' * {{rint|Chicago|bus|6}} Jackson Park Express * {{rint|Chicago|bus|26}} South Shore Express (weekdays only) * {{rint|Chicago|bus|71}} 71st/South Shore
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==External links== {{Metra web|Metra Electric|SOUTHSHORE}} *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.765957,-87.5665&spn=0.003953,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.765957,-87.5665&panoid=MStg61-F_45QIgqxEgPJAw&cbp=12,115.09,,0,0.63 Yates Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View] *[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.764326,-87.564951&spn=0.003953,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.764469,-87.565052&panoid=0S6LWlMW-4FmjNfrMWjI4Q&cbp=12,336.95,,0,3.3 72nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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