Cottage Grove — Local services in Hyde Park Township

I like it. It's unique in how it's set up, since it wasn't originally designed to be a terminal, but was intended to only allow for inbound boarding (much like the King Drive stop). However, the line doesn't have as much service as most other lines, since the Green line splits into two south of Garfield. It's typically about 20 minutes between trains, although it can vary. As a general rule, it has half the service that you would find elsewhere on the system.

It's 6 blocks from the Metra Electric and South Shore Line stop and 10 blocks from the Red line stop, all of which are connected by the #63 63rd street bus line. It's also 8 blocks from Stony Island Avenue (the western boundary of Jackson Park), 3 blocks from Midway Plaisance (the boundary between Hyde Park and Woodlawn and the south end of the University of Chicago), and 8 blocks from South Chicago Avenue (in...

Service is not good. Trains only leave like every 20 minutes or sometimes longer. I saw somewhere that CTA is planning to spend like $60 million to renovate the station. I wish it was spent making the train come through more frequently instead...

(Interesting note) If you look on Wikipedia you can see that the Green line used to run much further into Woodlawn but in the late 1990's they tore the rest of it down. Terrible decision, has turned what could be a fantastic neighborhood next to UChicago into a...

One of wost train stops in the history of Chicago cta provides no security nor customer service at this location all day every day you have to deal people trying to sell you weed and loose squares I mean I'm starting hear the guys in my sleep loud loud loud loose squares loud loud loud come on cta I know you can provide a better environment for your paying and most...