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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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King Drive Station
King Drive station is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is located in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and serves the Green Line's East 63rd branch. The station is situated at 400 East 63rd Street. The station opened on May 1, 1893. King Drive only allows boarding on the inbound platform (towards Harlem); the outbound platform (towards Cottage Grove) is exit-only.

In 2022, the King Drive station was the least-used in the CTA system, with 63,011 embarkments (compared to 2.7 million for the most-used station, Lake).

The station in 1973

Bus connections

CTA

  • 3 King Drive
  • N4 Cottage Grove (Owl Service)
  • 63 63rd (Owl Service)

References

  1. ^ "Runs Trains to Madison Avenue". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 23, 1893. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Alley "L" Trains Enter the Grounds". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 1, 1893. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Annual Ridership Report – Calendar Year 2022" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. February 2, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Chicago Transit Authority. "Ridership Reports - Performance". TransitChicago.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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Street level entrance at MLK Jr. Drive just south of 63rd Street.


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