Western station (CTA Blue Line Forest Park branch)
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| Location | 430 South Western Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60612 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°52′32″N 87°41′18″W / 41.875478°N 87.688436°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Surface Level | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 22, 1958 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 556,858[1]  3.1% (CTA) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 106 out of 143[a] | ||||||||||
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Western is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It serves the Near West Side neighborhood and Crane Tech High School. The station is also located about 1 mile north of the Western Avenue (Metra BNSF Railway Line) commuter railroad station.
Bus connections
- #7 Harrison
- #49 Western (Owl Service)
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.
References
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Western (CTA Blue Line Congress branch).
- Western (Congress Line) Station Page Chicago-L.Org
- Western Avenue (Congress Branch) Station in 1958 @ America on the Move (Smithsonian Institution)
- Western Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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