Van Buren Street station
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Van Buren Street station is a commuter rail station in downtown Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago neighborhood; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana.
The station has three tracks, with one side and one island platform. One of the station's entrances is a replica of an Hector Guimard-designed, Art Nouveau-style Paris Métro entrance. The entrance was given to Chicago as a gift by the city of Paris in 2001.[1]
A refurbishment project will begin in the near future, with the station receiving new entrances and a green roof. As part of this renovation, the Guimard replica station entrance will be removed and relocated to a new location to be determined by the City of Chicago.[2] The South Shore Line is conducting a separate project to add a third platform to the station to allow for increased service.[3]
Bus connections
- 1 Bronzeville/Union Station
- 3 King Drive
- 4 Cottage Grove (Owl Service)
- X4 Cottage Grove Express
- 6 Jackson Park Express
- 7 Harrison
- J14 Jeffery Jump
- 26 South Shore Express
- 126 Jackson
- 130 Museum Campus (Summer Service Only)
- 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express
- 148 Clarendon/Michigan Express
- 151 Sheridan
Gallery
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South Shore train approaching from Millennium Station
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Interior of the Van Buren Street station
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A Metra train approaching from Kensington and points south
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The downtown Chicago skyline as seen from Van Buren Street station in July 2019
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Signs direct people to various transit options and the Chicago Pedway
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The other side of the station
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References
- ↑ "Paris Gives Chicago touch of Belle Epoque," Chicago Sun-Times, May 13, 2001 (retrieved 23 December 2006)
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- ↑ https://metra.com/VanBurenStationProject
External links
- Metra – Stations – Van Buren Street
- South Shore Line - Stations
- Jackson Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Van Buren Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Article from Railway Review (1897) with original floor plan
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- Art Nouveau architecture in Chicago
- Art Nouveau railway stations
- Former Illinois Central Railroad stations
- Metra stations in Chicago
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1896
- South Shore Line stations in Illinois