Western station (CTA Pink Line)

Western
Location	2009 South Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60608
Coordinates	41°51′15″N 87°41′06″W / 41.854225°N 87.685129°W
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Line(s)	Pink Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CTA Buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 7, 1896
Rebuilt	2002–04
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	402,701[1]  2.5% (CTA)
Rank	122 out of 143[lower-alpha 1]
Services
Preceding station   Chicago "L"   Following station California toward 54th/Cermak Pink Line Damen toward The Loop Metra Cicero toward Aurora BNSF Railway Transfer at: Western Avenue Halsted Street toward Chicago Union Station
Route map Legend Pink Line east to Loop Western Ave. Pink Line west to 54/Cermak

Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. It is located in the Heart of Chicago and Heart of Italy neighborhoods in the Lower West Side community area. The station was originally built in 1896 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch. It was rebuilt around 1935, and again between 2002 and 2004. It is located near Metra's Western Avenue & 18th Place (Metra) station on the BNSF Railway Line.

Bus connections

CTA

• #21 Cermak
• #49 Western (Owl Service)

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 23, 2016.

External links

Media related to Western (CTA Pink Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• Western (Cermak Branch) Station Page
• Western Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View