Granville (CTA station)
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| Address | 1119 West Granville Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60660 |
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| Coordinates | 41°59′37″N 87°39′33″W / 41.993731°N 87.659148°W | ||||||||||
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 16, 1908 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1921, 1980 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Formerly | North Edgewater Station | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 1,294,054[1]  3.2% |
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Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' metro system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6200 north, 1200 west). It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border. From Granville, trains take 36 minutes to reach the Chicago Loop.
Granville Station was opened as North Edgewater Station in 1908. The station was rebuilt in 1921, and the name was changed to Granville. The present station dates to 1980 when an escalator and elevator were added.
A police station, jointly administered by Loyola University Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Police Department was opened outside the Granville station on March 13, 2006.[2]
[edit] Bus connections
- #36 Broadway
- #136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
[edit] References
- ^ "Annual Ridership Report: Calendar Year 2011" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2011-Annual.pdf. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ^ "Loyola University Chicago Unveils New Granville Police Office" (Press release). Loyola University. 2006-03-31. http://www.luc.edu/umc/newsroom/releases/06_03_granvillestation1.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Granville (CTA) |
- Granville Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
- Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
- Granville Station Page CTA official site
- Granville Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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