Cermak–McCormick Place station

For the CTA Red Line station, see Cermak–Chinatown station.
Cermak–McCormick Place
Location 12 E. Cermak Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°51′11″N 87°37′35″W / 41.8531548°N 87.626423°W / 41.8531548; -87.626423Coordinates: 41°51′11″N 87°37′35″W / 41.8531548°N 87.626423°W / 41.8531548; -87.626423
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms (original station)
1 island platform (rebuilt station)
Tracks 2 tracks
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened June 6, 1892 (original station)
February 8, 2015 (rebuilt station)
Closed September 9, 1977
Rebuilt 1907, 20132015
Previous names 22nd Street (18921933)
Cermak (1933–1977)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 390,789[1]
Rank 125 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station
toward Harlem/Lake
Green Line
Route map
Legend

Green Line
north to Harlem/Lake

Cermak Road

23rd St.

Green Line
south to Ashland/63rd and Cottage Grove

Cermak–McCormick Place is the newest station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line. The station, designed by Chicago-based Ross Barney Architects, is located at Cermak Road and State Street in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago. The station includes three entrances – one on each side of Cermak Road and one at 23rd Street. The main station entrance is built on the north side of Cermak road.[2]

The new station replaced the original Cermak station that opened on June 6, 1892, closed on September 9, 1977, and was demolished in 1978.[3] Both the former and the new station are situated south of Roosevelt/Wabash and north of 35thBronzevilleIIT.

On January 17, 2012, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel announced at a press conference that the Cermak station would be rebuilt in order to serve McCormick Place.[4][5] A groundbreaking ceremony for the new station was held on August 29, 2013.[6][7] The new Cermak-McCormick Place station opened on February 8, 2015.[8][9]

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. "Monthly Ridership Report December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. "Mayor Emanuel breaks ground for $50M Cermak Avenue Green Line Station". REJournals.com. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. Garfield, Graham. "Cermak". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  4. "Mayor Emanuel Opens Newly-Renovated Grand Avenue Red Line Station" (Press release). City of Chicago. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  5. "Emanuel to announce two new CTA stations". abclocal.go.com. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  6. "Construction begins on CTA Cermak Green Line station". ABC Inc., WLS-TV Chicago. August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  7. Swartz, Tracy (25 August 2014). "On the CTA, summer construction season rolls into fall". Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  8. "Cermak-McCormick Place". Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  9. Hilkevitch, Jon (February 9, 2015). "Long-awaited Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station opens". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 12, 2016.


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