56th Street Station
56th Street Station is a railway station in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. 56th Street Station is situated nearby to the railway station 55th/56th/57th Street station, as well as near Hyde Park Historical Society Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 55th/56th/57th Street station and Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.
55th/56th/57th Street station
Railway station
55th–56th–57th Street is a commuter rail station in Hyde Park, Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana.
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago campus. Museum of Science and Industry Chicago is situated 1,500 feet southeast of 56th Street Station.
Pioneer Zephyr
Locomotive
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, commonly known as the Burlington Route. Pioneer Zephyr is situated 1,400 feet southeast of 56th Street Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Indian Village.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…
Indian Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Indian Village is the small southeast corner of Kenwood, a community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Shore Drive to the east, Burnham Park to the north, 51st Street to the south, Harold Washington Park to the southeast, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks used by the South Shore and Metra Electric Lines to the west.
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.
56th Street Station
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.79316° or 41° 47′ 35″ northLongitude
-87.58758° or 87° 35′ 15″ westLevels
1Open location code
86HJQCV6+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1467912462OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_station
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