The South Shore Line began stopping at 57th Street on October 16, 1966, at noon.[2] Prior to this, the South Shore Line had stopped at 53rd Street. The switch was made to better serve the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry.[3]
This station, and the adjacent 53rd Street station, were rebuilt in 2002 with concrete platforms to replace wooden platforms built in the 1920s.[4]
Until November 2014 (when the staffed station closed), this was the only station along the route outside of Downtown Chicago's two main stations that had a staffed ticket office, as many express trains on both lines stop at the station and it is the South Side's main station.
^ abc"Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
^"South Shore Switches Stop to 57th Street". Chicago Tribune. October 16, 1966. p. 2 Section 4.
^"Move Stops 4 Blocks Is Railway Plea". Chicago Tribune. June 12, 1966. p. 2 Section 10.
^"The HP Metra stations and other Metra accommodations and fleet updates; new cars and coffee shops coming". Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
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