Sheridan (CTA station)

Sheridan
Station statistics
Address	3940 North Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois 60613
Coordinates	41.953883°N 87.655269°W / 41.953883; -87.655269
Lines	Red Line   Purple Line (Cubs game days only)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	May 31, 1900
Rebuilt	1916, 1930
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	1,771,308  3.7%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station Wilson toward Howard Red Line Addison toward 95th/Dan Ryan     Cubs game days only     Howard toward Linden Purple Line Belmont toward The Loop

Sheridan is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station with two island platforms, located at 3940 North Sheridan Road, in the of Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago's Lakeview community area. Sheridan is the closest 'L' stop to Graceland Cemetery, which is about one-half mile to the west on Irving Park Road. The Sheridan station is one of only two stations on the 'L' that is built on an S-curve, with Indiana on the Green Line being the other.

History

Structure

Although the station has two island platforms—potentially giving access to all four tracks that run through the station—normally only the Red Line, which runs on the inner tracks, stops at the station. The outside tracks are used during weekday rush hours by Purple Line Express trains, which typically pass through the station without stopping on the 'express' leg of their route between Howard and the Loop.

Purple Line connections

Beginning spring 2007 and lasting through at least 2009, northbound and southbound Purple Line Express trains stop at Sheridan before Chicago Cubs weekday night games in order to provide more service to nearby Wrigley Field. Previously, trains had stopped at the Addison station to the south but that station does not have platform access to the express tracks as Sheridan does, which required Purple Line trains to cross over to the Red Line tracks. In order to prevent this from adding to delays caused by Brown Line construction, the stop was moved to Sheridan.

Bus connections

CTA

• #80 Irving Park
• #151 Sheridan

External links

• Sheridan Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org
• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site
• Sheridan Station Page CTA official site
• Sheridan Road entrance from Google Maps Street View