35th Street station
Jones/Bronzeville, also known as 35th Street, is a station on Metra's Rock Island District line. It is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was named in honor of Lovana Jones who was an Illinois State Representative in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
Metra began construction on the new station in 2009 and it opened on April 3, 2011, after originally being scheduled to open in late 2010. It is located east of Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, and also serves the nearby Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Police Headquarters, and De [La Salle Institute].
Currently, it is the third newest station on the Metra system after Peterson/Ridge station which opened on May 20, 2024 and station which opened on February 5, 2018.
The station is also located roughly from CTA's Sox–35th station on the Red Line, in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway. It is also located within walking distance of the CTA's 35th–Bronzeville–IIT station on the Green Line.
It is about from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the Rock Island District, and consists of two side platforms with heated shelters that serve two tracks. As of 2018, 35th Street is the 158th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 245 weekday boardings.
As of 2022, 35th Street is served by 74 trains on weekdays, by all 33 trains on Saturdays, and by all 28 trains on Sundays and holidays.
Bus connections
List of [Chicago Transit Authority bus routes|CTA]- Wentworth
- 31st
- 31st/35th
- Pershing
- 773 Markham/Tinley Park-Rate Field Express
- 774 Palos Heights/Oak Lawn-Rate Field Express
- 775 Bolingbrook/Burr Ridge-Rate Field Express