59th Street/University of Chicago is a railway station that serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is on 59th street, originally the University of Chicago's southern border, and the Midway Plaisance. Trains run between Millennium Station downtown and University Park, Blue Island, and the Chicago neighborhood of South Chicago. Before the 57th Street Station to the immediate north was rebuilt into a major station in 2002, all express trains served 59th Street and the station had a staffed ticket window.The majority of University of Chicago and Hyde Park traffic is now served by the 57th Street Station; only some express trains stop at 59th Street. It is more dilapidated than the modern 57th street station and there have been discussions to demolish it. These plans were confirmed in December 2015 when Metra announced its plan to close the 59th Street station and further add service to the 55th-56th-57th Street station. These plans also included adding ticket agents at 55th-56th-57th Street, Homewood, Flossmoor, and University Park.Bus connectionsCTA 2 Hyde Park Express 6 Jackson Park Express 15 Jeffery Local 28 Stony Island
