King Drive station

King Drive
 
6300S
400E
Inbound platform at King Drive station
General information
Location400 East 63rd Street
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°46′48″N 87°36′56″W / 41.78013°N 87.615546°W / 41.78013; -87.615546
OwnerChicago Transit Authority
LineEast 63rd Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsCTA bus
Construction
Structure type
Elevated
Cycle facilities
Yes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 1, 1893 (1893-05-01)[1][2]
Rebuilt1991–1993 (1993)
Former namesSouth Park
Passengers
2025108,938 [3] Increase 27.2%
Services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
Garfield Green Line Cottage Grove
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Chicago "L" Following station
61st
Closed 1994
Green Line Cottage Grove
toward University
Location

King Drive station (formerly South Park) 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 East 63rd Street. The station opened on May 1, 1893. The station only allows boarding on the inbound platform (towards Harlem); the outbound platform (towards Cottage Grove) is exit-only.

Historically, the station was called South Park or South Park Avenue. When South Park Avenue was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in 1968, the station name followed suit, effective July 31, 1968.[4]

In 2022, the King Drive station was the least-used in the CTA system, with 63,011 embarkments (compared to 2.7 million for the most-used station, Lake).[5]

Bus connections

CTA

  •  3  King Drive
  •  63  63rd (Owl Service)

References

  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 2025" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Chicago L.org: Stations - King Drive". www.chicago-l.org. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ Chicago Transit Authority. "Ridership Reports - Performance". TransitChicago.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.