King Drive station

Chicago "L" station

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King Drive

6300S
400E

Chicago 'L' rapid transit station
General information
Location| 400 East 63rd Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Coordinates| 41°46′48″N 87°36′56″W﻿ / ﻿41.78013°N 87.615546°W﻿ / 41.78013; -87.615546Coordinates: 41°46′48″N 87°36′56″W﻿ / ﻿41.78013°N 87.615546°W﻿ / 41.78013; -87.615546
Owned by| Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)| East 63rd Branch
Platforms| 2 Side platforms
Tracks| 2 tracks
Connections| CTA bus
Construction
Structure type| Elevated
Bicycle facilities| Yes
Disabled access| Yes
Other information
Status| Inbound Boarding Only Outbound Exit Only
History
Opened| May 1, 1893[1][2]
Rebuilt| 1991-93
Previous names| South Park Avenue
Passengers
2020| 74,689[3] 46.3%
Rank| 142 out of 143
Services
| Preceding station  | Chicago "L" | Following station

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Garfield

toward Harlem/Lake

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East 63rd branch

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Terminus

Former services

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61st

Closed 1994

toward Harlem/Lake

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Jackson Park branch

|  | Cottage Grove

toward University

Track layout

Legend

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King Drive 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 E. 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.

The station in 1973

## Contents

* 1 Bus connections
* 2 Notes and references
* 2.1 Notes
* 2.2 References
* 3 External links

## Bus connections[edit]

CTA

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

## Notes and references[edit]

### Notes[edit]

### References[edit]

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 2020" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority, Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

## External links[edit]

| Wikimedia Commons has media related to King Drive (CTA).

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* King Drive Station Page at Chicago-L.org
* King Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View

Street level entrance at MLK Jr. Drive just south of 63rd Street.

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Current Chicago "L" stations

Green Line|

* Harlem/Lake
* Oak Park
* Ridgeland
* Austin
* Central
* Laramie
* Cicero
* Pulaski
* Conservatory–Central Park Drive
* Kedzie
* California
* Ashland
* Morgan
* Clinton
* Clark/Lake
* State/Lake
* Washington/Wabash
* Adams/Wabash
* Roosevelt
* Cermak–McCormick Place
* 35th–Bronzeville–IIT
* Indiana
* 43rd
* 47th
* 51st
* Garfield
* to Ashland/63rd / Cottage Grove →

| Ashland Branch|

* Halsted
* Ashland/63rd

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East 63rd Branch|

* King Drive
* Cottage Grove

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