Metra Front Street Substation

Metra Front Street Substation is an electrical substation in Cook, Illinois which is located on South Front Avenue. Metra Front Street Substation is situated nearby to Kensington Park, as well as near Saint Peters Spiritual Church of Faith.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 115th Street/Kensington station and Saint Salomea Catholic Church.

115th Street/Kensington station

Railway station

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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. 115th Street/Kensington station is situated 1,700 feet north of Metra Front Street Substation.

Saint Salomea Catholic Church

Church

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Saint Salomea Catholic Church is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Metra Front Street Substation.

State Street station

Railway station

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State Street is the first station along the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric line in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. State Street station is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Metra Front Street Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Pullman.

Kensington

Neighborhood

Kensington is a neighborhood in the Far South Side of Chicago. Founded as the town of Calumet Junction in 1852, it began as a small community of rail-workers servicing the junction of the Illinois Central and Michigan Central railroads.

Pullman

Suburb

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Pullman, one of Chicago's 77 defined community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent to Lake Calumet.

Riverdale

Suburb

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Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago…

Metra Front Street Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: 11630 South Front Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628
Categories: building and industry
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.68156° or 41° 40′ 54″ north

Longitude

-87.61361° or 87° 36′ 49″ west

Levels

Operator

Metra

Open location code

86HJM9JP+JH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 210694350

OpenStreetMap feature

building=power_substation

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kensington Park and Kensington Park Fieldhouse.

Nearby Places

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