California (CTA Blue Line station)

For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named California, see California (disambiguation)#CTA stations.

California
Station statistics
Address	2211 North California Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60647
Coordinates	41.921939°N 87.69689°W / 41.921939; -87.69689
Lines	Blue Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	May 25, 1895
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	1,274,040  11.6% (CTA)
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station Logan Square toward O'Hare Blue Line O'Hare Branch Western toward Forest Park

California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. From California, trains run every 2-7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop.^{[citation needed]}

History

California station was opened in 1895 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated's Logan Square branch. It was the penultimate station to the Logan Square Terminal.

In the summer of 2008, a temporary entrance immediately to the north of the station house was utilized for two weeks in order to renovate the station house. After stripping the interior, and removing the joist-supported wooden floor, the former crawl space was filled with gravel and covered by a concrete slab, the surface of which was patterned to imitate cobblestone. The repositioned agent box and farecard vending machines substantially increased the pedestrian traffic efficiency through the station house.^{[citation needed]}

Bus connections

CTA

• #52 Kedzie/California
• #56 Milwaukee

External links

• California (O'Hare Line) Station Page
• California Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Street entrance.