Jones/Bronzeville, also known as 35th Street, is a station on

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line. It is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of

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. It was named in honor of

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who was an Illinois State Representative in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Metra began construction on the new station in 2009 and it opened on April 3, 2011, after originally being scheduled to open in late 2010. It is located east of Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the

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, and also serves the nearby

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Headquarters, and

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. Currently, it is the second newest station on the Metra system after station which opened on February 5, 2018. The station is also located roughly from CTA's Sox–35th station on the Red Line, in the median of the

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. It is also located within walking distance of the CTA's

35th–Bronzeville–IIT station 35th–Bronzeville–IIT (formerly Tech–35th) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green Line, located in the Douglas community area. It is situated at 16 E 35th Street, just east of State Street. History The station opened on June 6, 1892, alo ...

on the Green Line. It is about from

LaSalle Street Station LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago. First used as a rail terminal in 1852, it was a major intercity rail terminal for the New York Central Railroad until 1968, and for the Chicago, ...

, the northern terminus of the Rock Island District, and consists of two side platforms with heated shelters that serve two tracks. As of 2018, 35th Street is the 158th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 245 weekday boardings. As of 2022, 35th Street is served as a

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by 37 trains in each direction on weekdays, by all 16 inbound trains and all 17 outbound trains on Saturdays, and by all 14 trains in each direction on Sundays.

Bus connections

CTA * 24 Wentworth * 31 31st * 35 31st/35th * 39 Pershing Pace * 773 Markham/Tinley Park-Guaranteed Rate Field Express * 774 Palos Heights/Oak Lawn-Guaranteed Rate Field Express * 775 Bolingbrook/Burr Ridge-Guaranteed Rate Field Express

References

External links

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35th Street/'Lou' Jones/Bronzeville Station
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