75th Street (Grand Crossing) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at and over both 75th Street and South Chicago Avenue, and is away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.Metra Railfan Tips - Metra Electric
/ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Grand Crossing is in zone B. , the station is the 231st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 14 weekday boardings. 75th Street Station is the first station on the main line after the South Chicago Branch diverges. The station and the neighborhood that surrounds it were named for the ''Grand Crossing'', an on-grade railway junction constructed in 1853 by mutual agreement between the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (New York Central) and the Illinois Central Railroad in settlement of a right-of-way feud. By 1912, this on-grade crossing was eliminated when the successor line to the LS & MS was elevated. The now abandoned

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tracks also crisscrossed the area. Another elevated crossing was constructed for the

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in 1958. As of 2011, these lines are owned by Metra,

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, and

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. No parking is available for this station, however the Chicago Transit Authority does provide bus service here.

Bus connections

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* 30 South Chicago * 75 74th/75th

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External links

75th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
75th Street (Grand Crossing) Former Illinois Central Railroad stations {{Chicago-railstation-stub