87th Street (Woodruff) station

Track layout
	Legend
	University Park
	and Blue Island

87th Street
Woodruff
87th Street; Woodruff
General information
Location	87th Street and Dauphin Avenue; Chatham, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°44′14″N 87°36′01″W / 41.7372°N 87.6003°W
Owned by	Metra
Line(s)	University Park Sub District
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Street-side
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Passengers
2018	56 (average weekday) 36.6%
Rank	209 out of 236
Services
Former services
Track layout
Track layout
	Legend
	University Park
	and Blue Island
Location

87th Street (Woodruff) is an electrified

Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue (although unofficially includes South Ingleside Avenue) and is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, 87th Street-Woodruff station is in zone 2. 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]

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

Saluki

trains.

East of this station is another

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.