115th Street/Kensington station

Commuter rail station in Chicago, Illinois Kensington station (disambiguation) February 2025 February 2025 Metra 115th Street/Kensington Metra me Southbound track at Kensington 115th Street, looking north (52074180624).jpg 115th Street/Kensington station in May 2022. 115th Street and Cottage Grove AvenuePullman, Chicago, Illinois 41.686462 -87.612027 region:US_type:railwaystation inline,title University Park Sub District 12px Local Transit CTA Bus 1 Island platform (formerly 2) 3 Yes 1,136 (average weekday) 2018 1.4 37 out of 236 1916 1926https://www.nytimes.com/1926/08/08/archives/chicago-welcomes-electrified-roads-illinois-central-line-does-away.html CHICAGO WELCOMES ELECTRIFIED ROADS; Illinois Central Line Does Away With Coal-Burners on Its Suburban Trains. 1926-08-08 The New York Times 2026-02-17 Yes Metra 2 Metra Metra Electric Main Line Riverdale 111th Street/Pullman Blue Island State Street 111th Street/Pullman yes Former services NICTD Former pre-2012 63rd Street Millennium Station Hegewisch Illinois Central Railroad main Harvey 63rd Street Electric Suburban 130th Street (Wildwood) 111th Street Main Line Electric Suburban State Street–Rose Lawn 111th Street Blue Island New York Central Railroad Michigan Central Hammond 63rd Street Detroit Chicago-Central Chicago-Cincinnati Harvey 63rd Street Cincinnati Chicago-Central collapsed 1 track vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg\vSTR!~MFADEg vSTRff\vSTRgg\vSTR\vSTR~~ ~~ ~~Chicago ME NICTD SSL north to Metra Millennium vÜSTl\SPLe!~v-SHI2l\vSHI2g+r-!~vSTR\vSTR RP2q!~MFADEgq!~lhvSTR(l)\v-SHI3g+l!~vSTR!~lhvSTR(r)\SHI3gr\vSTR\vSTR!~lhvSTR(l)\RP2q!~MFADEfq!~lhvSTR(r) ~~ ~~ 113th St. SPLe!~v-SHI3l\SHI3gl+r\vSHI3g+r-!~vSTR\vSTR PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\vÜSTl\vÜSTr PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\vSTR\vSTR~~ ~~ ~~Chicago ME platform PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\vSTR\vSTR~~ ~~ ~~ NICTD SSL does not stop PSTR(L)\PSTR(R)\v-SHI2l!~vSTR\vSHI2+r-!~vSTR RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2w!~MSTR!~SHI1l!~SHI3l!~lhSTR(r)\SHI1r!~vSHI3+r-\vSTR\vSTR!~lhvSTR(l)\RP2q!~MFADEfq!~lhvSTR(r)~~ ~~115th St. v-STR\vSTR-\vSTR\vÜSTl v-STR\vSTR-!~vSTR2~r\v-SHI2+l!~vSTR\vSHI2r-!~vSTR RP2q!~MFADEgq\RP2w!~lhvSTR(m)!~v-STR\vSTR-!~vSTRc1\vSTR!~vSTR2+4~r\vSTR!~lhvSTR(l)\RP2q!~MFADEfq!~lhvSTR(r)~~ ~~Kensington Ave. \v-STR!~v-NULf!~POINTERf@gq\vSTR-!~vNULg-\vSTR!~vSTRc1\vSTR2~l!~vSTR!~vSTR2+4~r\vSTRc3~~ ~~ ~~Chicago ME to Metra University Park or Metra Blue Island \v-SHI2g+l\vSHI2gr-\vÜSTr\vSTR!~vSTRc1\vSTR2+4!~MFADE2+4 v-STR!~MFADEf\vSTR-!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf\vSTR!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~NICTD SSL east to NICTD South Bend Airport yes 15 #ff4e00 rail 115th Street/Kensington is a commuter rail station on the far south side of Chicago that serves the Metra Electric District north to Millennium Station and south to University Park and Blue Island. The station is located at 115th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in the Pullman & West Pullman neighborhoods. It is the last station for Blue Island Branch trains before those split off of the main line for Blue Island. 2018, the station is the 37th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,136 weekday boardings.https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018 April 2019 Metra https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf 26 May 2019 The South Shore Line 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.SOUTH SHORE TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE TO KENSINGTON/115TH ST. STATION http://www.nictd.com/news.html Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District February 8, 2012 December 9, 2011 February 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229122010/http://www.nictd.com/news.html dead In 1991, an advocacy group formed to press Metra to make necessary cosmetic and safety upgrades to this station,April 2010 one of the busiest on the Metra Electric District. 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.April 2010 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.April 2010 The station was also served by Illinois Central 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 115th Street/Kensington 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.Teska Associates, Inc., Fish Transportation Group, and OKW Architects City of Chicago & METRA Station Typology Study October 16, 2014 Regional Transportation Authority Chicago January 15, 2020 https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/supp_info/industrial/Metra_Typology_Study.pdf left|thumb|280px|Photo of the original Kensington station Bus connections CTA chicago bus 4 Cottage Grove chicago bus 111A Pullman Shuttle chicago bus 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. See also Kensington, Chicago References External links Metra Electric KENSINGTN 115th Street/Kensington 115th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View Category:Former Illinois Central Railroad stations Category:Metra stations in Chicago Category:Former South Shore Line stations Category:Former New York Central Railroad stations Category:Former Michigan Central Railroad stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 __NOTOC__