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Western
 
2400W
4700N
General information
Location4648 North Western Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Coordinates41°57′59″N 87°41′18″W / 41.966259°N 87.688448°W / 41.966259; -87.688448
Owned byChicago Transit Authority
Line(s)
  Brown Line
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 18, 1907[1]
Rebuiltlate 1920s, 1979–81
Passengers
20151,335,294[2] Decrease 2.9%
Rank53 out of 143[a]
Services
Preceding station   CTA   Following station
Template:CTA lines
Ravenswood branch
Template:CTA lines
Belmont
Track layout
Legend
Brown Line
west to Kimball
 Western Ave.
Brown Line
east to Loop

Western is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Rockwell, which is located about one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the west, and Damen, about one half mile (0.8 km) to the east. Between Western and Rockwell the line descends and runs on surface level tracks for the rest of the route to Kimball.

History

The station was put into service in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line, and has been rebuilt twice since—in the late 1920s, and again from 1979 to 1981.[3] The current station consists of two side platforms, and a central storage line, its platforms were extended in 2006–07 to enable the station to accommodate eight railcars.

Chicago's Berlin Wall Monument is located inside of the station. Chicago was offered a piece of the wall in 2008 by the German government. The city chose to place the monument in the historically German-American Lincoln Square neighborhood. It is dedicated to the citizens of Chicago for helping "secure the freedom" of Berlin.[4]


Bus connections

CTA

  • 11 Lincoln
  • 49 Western (Owl Service)
  • 49B North Western
  • X49 Western Express (weekday rush hours only)

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ "New 'L' Line Operated". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 19, 1907. p. 11.
  2. ^ "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)
  3. ^ Western. Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 17, 2006)
  4. ^ "German Neighborhood in Chicago - Lincoln Square and Ravenswood". Chicago Dossier. Denali Multimedia LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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