Stony Island station is the first electrified commuter rail station on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric Line, on 71st Street west of the intersection with Stony Island Avenue, 9.10 miles (14.65 km) from the northern terminus at Randolph Street Station.

As of 2018[update], Stony Island is the 189th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 99 weekday boardings.

[1] Along with Bryn Mawr, Stony Island is one of two stations that run along the median of 71st Street.

No parking lots are available at the station; bus connections are provided by the Chicago Transit Authority.

The station is mentioned in Robert A. Heinlein's 1942 novella The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.