Addison station (CTA Brown Line)

This article is about the Addison station on the CTA Brown Line. For other uses, see Addison#Transit.
Addison
Location 1818 West Addison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60613
Coordinates 41°56′49″N 87°40′29″W / 41.946972°N 87.674728°W / 41.946972; -87.674728
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Brown Line
Platforms 2 Side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened May 18, 1907[1]
Rebuilt 2006–07
Previous names Addison/Lincoln (Station Sign)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 736,046[2] Decrease 3.3%
Rank 92 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Kimball
Brown Line
toward Belmont or The Loop
Route map
Legend

Brown Line
north to Kimball

Lincoln Ave.

Addison St.

Brown Line
south to Loop

Addison is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located at 1818–20 West Addison Street in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. The stations that are adjacent to Addison are Irving Park, one half mile (0.8 km) to the north, and Paulina, about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the southeast.

History

Addison station in 2006 before reconstruction

Addison Station opened in 1907 as part of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood branch.[3]

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project aims to allow eight car trains on the Brown Line by the extension of the platforms at all stations. At the same time all Brown Line stations are being upgraded to meet ADA requirements. On December 2, 2006, Addison Station closed for 12 months to be rebuilt as part of this project.[4] It reopened on December 3, 2007, the same day which Irving Park Station closed for renovations.

Bus connections

CTA

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2015 tally of stations was 146, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.

References

  1. ↑ "New 'L' Line Operated". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 19, 1907. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ Addison. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 17, 2006).
  4. ↑ Montrose and Addison Brown Line Stations to Temporarily Close on December 2 for Renovation. CTA Press Release (URL accessed November 3, 2006).

External links

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