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55th - 56th - 57th St.

Metra

, IL

Arrivals & departures

Next ~4 hours. Live trip updates from the operator's GTFS-RT feed where available; schedule-based otherwise. Delays surface as a red chip when the feed reports them.

  • Metra ME_ME218_V2_B
    Arr 8:01:13 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME325_V2_B
    Arr 8:02:04 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME217_V1_B
    Arr 8:23:27 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME324_V2_B
    Arr 8:24:29 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME123_V3_B
    Arr 8:38:22 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME327_V2_B
    Arr 8:41:00 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME128_V2_B
    Arr 8:45:53 PMscheduled
    On time
  • Metra ME_ME220_V2_B
    Arr 9:03:01 PMscheduled
    On time

Plan your visit

Hotels and rail experiences nearby. Links earn us a small referral — we only surface partners we'd use ourselves.

Rail tours and experiences

Our curated picks on Viator — museums, heritage rides, scenic rail trips, depot tours.

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Gear up

The starter kit serious railfans wish they'd bought day one. Each link earns us a small Amazon Associates referral — we only list gear we'd actually carry.

Uniden BC125AT handheld scanner

The no-setup railfan scanner. Comes pre-loaded with AAR railroad band channels — hear road comms, dispatchers, defect-detector calls. Knowing a train is 20 minutes out beats staring at the horizon. ($110-$130)

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Rite in the Rain No. 311 field notebook

Weatherproof pages that take pen ink in rain or sweat. Log road numbers, consist notes, observed times — you'll want them in your logbook later. The No. 311 is the original yellow tagboard model — the most popular field notebook in history; the same one surveyors and biologists carry. ($10-$15)

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Compact folding tripod stool

Six hours waiting for a heritage unit goes much better with a seat. Folds to 15in, weighs ~1 lb, slings off a camera bag strap. Worth the closet space. ($15-$25)

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Nearby railfan spots

Curated viewing locations within 7 miles of this station.

No curated spots within range

None of our seeded railfan spots fall inside the radius for this station. Submit one via /spots.

Nearby community sightings

Within 7 miles, last 24 hours. Community-reported.

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