California station (CTA Pink Line)
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2011 South California Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60608 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°51′15″N 87°41′41″W / 41.854109°N 87.694774°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 10, 1902 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2002–04 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 520,389[1]  11.1% (CTA) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 107 out of 143[a] | ||||||||||
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California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line and the Little Village neighborhood. The station opened on March 10, 1902, as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch.[2][3] It is the closest station to Cook County Jail.
Bus connections
- 21 Cermak
- 94 South California
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2015" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "More Trains on Alley "L": Use Old Congress Station". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 9, 1902. p. 3.
- ^ California (Douglas) Station Page
External links
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