Armitage (CTA)

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Armitage

Coordinates:	2000 N, 1000 W
Lines:	Brown Purple (rush hour only)
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Opened:	1900
2005 passenger entrances:	726,058 6%

Armitage is an 'L' station on the CTA Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday peak hours. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located at 944–946 West Armitage Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Red Line trains pass through the station on the central tracks, but do not stop. The station is also served by the #73 (Armitage) CTA bus route.

1 History
2 Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Armitage Station opened in 1900 as a local station on the original Northwestern Elevated Railroad route from Lake and Wells in downtown to Wilson Station^[1]. An interlocking tower was added on the western platform following the construction of the State Street subway. From the late 1940s Armitage became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). Purple Line express trains started started stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line^[2].

[edit] Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

Armitage is scheduled for renovation as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project^[3]. Many historic elements of the station, including the station house, will be preserved and renovated, the platforms will be extended to enable the berthing 8 rail cars, and elevators added to meet ADA accessibility requirements.

[edit] References

^ Armitage Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
^ About The Brown Line. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed October 8, 2006).
^ Armitage. CTA Countdown To A New Brown website (URL accessed October 8, 2006).