87th Street (Woodruff) station

87th Street (Woodruff) is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of the City of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue (although unofficially includes South Ingleside Avenue) and is 10.86 miles (17.48 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 87th Street-Woodruff Station is in zone C. As of 2018, the station is the 209th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 56 weekday boardings. The station's rank is tied with the neighboring 83rd Street (Avalon Park) station.[1]

87th Street Woodruff
Location	87th Street and Dauphin Avenue Chatham, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41.7372°N 87.6003°W / 41.7372; -87.6003
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	University Park Sub District
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Street-side
Other information
Fare zone	C
Electrified	1926
Passengers
2018	56 (average weekday)[1]  36.6%
Rank	209 out of 236[1]
Services
Preceding station Metra Following station 83rd Street (Avalon Park) toward Millennium Station Metra Electric District Main Line & Blue Island Branch 91st Street (Chesterfield) toward University Park or Blue Island
Former services Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station 91st Street toward Richton or Blue Island Electric Suburban Main Line & Blue Island Branch 83rd Street toward Randolph Street

Like much of the main branch of the Metra Electric line, 87th Street-Woodruff is built on elevated tracks near the embankment of a bridge over 87th Street. This bridge also carries the Amtrak line that runs parallel to it, carrying the City of New Orleans, Illini, and Saluki trains.

East of this station is another Metra Electric station on 87th Street on the South Chicago Branch at 87th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Another Metra station on 87th Street is the Gresham station at 87th Street and Halsted Avenue, which serves the diesel-powered Rock Island District line. The Gresham Rock Island Metra station is about two miles west of the Woodruff Metra Electric station. Approximately one mile west of the Woodruff station is the 87th Street station on the CTA Red Line at the Dan Ryan Expressway.

At the Woodruff station, street-side parking is available on the southwest and southeast corners of 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue at the north end of Dauphin Park. This can be found on the west side of the station just south of 87th Street. Though Metra's official website claims no bus connections are available, CTA's 87 bus does stop at Dauphin and Ingleside Avenues near the station, as well as on South Dobson Avenue on the east side of the station. The northbound 4 Cottage Grove bus stops on the southeast corner of 87th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue and the southbound 4 stops on the northwest corner of 87th Street and Cottage Grove. This intersection is about a quarter-mile west of the Woodruff station.