Bryn Mawr (better known as 71st and Jeffery) is a station on the Hyde Park/South Chicago branch of 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 ...
. It is located at 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard, which is away from the northern terminus at
Randolph Street 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 ...
. In Metra's fare-based system, Bryn Mawr Station is in zone 2. , Bryn Mawr is the 201st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 73 weekday boardings.
The station is named for the former name of the neighborhood at the time the line was built, when it was part of
Hyde Park Township.
Along with
Stony Island Avenue
Stony Island Avenue is a major street on South Side of the city of Chicago, designated 1600 East in Chicago's street numbering system. It runs from 56th Street south to the Calumet River. Stony Island Avenue continues sporadically south of the Ca ...
station, Bryn Mawr is one of two stations that run along the median of 71st Street.
South Shore station is located just southeast of that end of that median. No parking lots are available for this station, but there are bus connections provided by the
Chicago Transit Authority
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago 'L' and CTA bus service. In , the system had a ridership of , o ...
.
Bus connections
CTA
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N5 South Shore Night Bus
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J14 Jeffery Jump
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15 Jeffery Local
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71 71st/South Shore
References
External links
Euclid Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street ViewJeffrey Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
Bryn Mawr
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