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Kensington/115th Street is a 
4 Cottage Grove
* 111A Pullman Shuttle
* 115 Pullman/115th
Improvements:
* Newly paved parking area as of 2020.
* Improvement projects near Cottage Grove Avenue which is connected to the Pullman neighborhood improvements.
115th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Former Illinois Central Railroad stations Metra stations in Chicago Former South Shore Line stations Former New York Central Railroad stations Former Michigan Central Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 {{Chicago-railstation-stub __NOTOC__
commuter rail
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station on the far south side of Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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that serves the Metra Electric Line
The Metra Electric District is an electrified commuter rail line owned and operated by Metra which connects Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street Station), in downtown Chicago, with the city's southern suburbs. As of 2018, it is the fifth ...
north to Millennium Station
Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street Terminal; sometimes called Randolph Street station or Randolph/South Water Street station) is a major commuter rail terminal in the Loop (downtown), Chicago. It is the northern terminus of the Metra ...
and south to University Park and Blue Island
Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois, located approximately south of Chicago's Loop. Blue Island is adjacent to the city of Chicago and shares its northern boundary with that city's Morgan Park neighborhood. The population was 22,558 ...
. The station is located at 115th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in the Pullman & West Pullman, Chicago
West Pullman is a neighborhood located on the far south side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. The Neighborhood of West Pullman was largely inhabited by workers of the Pullman Train Compa ...
neighborhoods. It is the last station for Blue Island Branch trains before those split off of the main line for Blue Island. , the station is the 37th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,136 weekday boardings. The South Shore Line
The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in ...
diverges to Indiana immediately south of this station. It had previously stopped at this station prior to February 15, 2012, with the reconfiguration of the junction to minimize congestion.
In 1991, an advocacy group formed to press Metra to make necessary cosmetic and safety upgrades to this station, one of the busiest on the Metra Electric line. Dubbed "Operation Restore Kensington," the group pressured railroad officials to work closely with the city to upgrade parking, enhance station lighting, landscaping and security, and persuade local vendors to open concession stands in the station. For its efforts, O.R.K. monitored the railroad's efforts to build a brand new station and assisted with the railroad's efforts to increase station parking facilities. O.R.K. was disbanded in the 1990s.
The station was also served by Illinois Central
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also co ...
intercity-trains from Chicago to points south.''Illinois Central Schedule'' June 1941.
A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014, assigns the Kensington/115th Street station a typology of ''Local Activity Center''. A ''Local Activity Center'' typology is primarily characterized by the Metra station being the central focus of a built-up and identifiable neighborhood.
Bus connections
CTA *See also
* Kensington, ChicagoReferences
External links
115th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Former Illinois Central Railroad stations Metra stations in Chicago Former South Shore Line stations Former New York Central Railroad stations Former Michigan Central Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 {{Chicago-railstation-stub __NOTOC__