Western station (CTA Brown Line)

Western
Location	4648 North Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625
Coordinates	41°57′59″N 87°41′18″W / 41.966259°N 87.688448°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Brown Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 18, 1907[1]
Rebuilt	late 1920s, 1979–81
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,335,294[2]  2.9%
Rank	53 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station Rockwell toward Kimball Brown Line Damen toward Belmont or The Loop
Route map = Legend Brown Line west to Kimball Western Ave. Brown Line east to Loop

Western is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Rockwell, which is located about one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the west, and Damen, about one half mile (0.8 km) to the east. Between Western and Rockwell the line descends and runs on surface level tracks for the rest of the route to Kimball.

History

The station was put into service in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line, and has been rebuilt twice since—in the late 1920s, and again from 1979 to 1981.^[3] The current station consists of two side platforms, and a central storage line, its platforms were extended in 2006–07 to enable the station to accommodate eight railcars.

Bus connections

CTA

• #11 Lincoln
• #49 Western (Owl Service)
• #49B North Western
• #81 Lawrence (Owl Service)

Berlin Wall Monument

A portion of the Berlin Wall in the station

A portion of the Berlin Wall is inside the station, and is dedicated to the citizens of Chicago for helping "secure the freedom" of Berlin. The Lincoln-Square Neighborhood has been historically German.

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. Western. Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 17, 2006)

External links

• Western station on the CTA website
• Western station on chicago-l.org
• Western Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View