Rockwell is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood at 4648 North Rockwell Avenue. The adjacent stations are Francisco, which is located across the Chicago River about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the west, and Western, located about a one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the east. Rockwell is the last station on the surface section of the Brown Line, between Rockwell and Western the line ascends and runs on elevated tracks for the rest of the route.
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The original Rockwell Station in 2005
The original station was put into service in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line,[2] the station house and platform canopy were similar to those that still exist at the neighboring Francisco Station. The station was demolished and rebuilt in 2006 as part of the ongoing Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project. The new Rockwell station, which opened on August 16, 2006, can support eight railcars, and is ADA compliant.[3]
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