Diversey (CTA)

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Diversey

Coordinates:	2800 N, 1000 W
Lines:	Brown Purple (rush hour only)
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Opened:	1900
2005 passenger entrances:	1,373,373 6%

Diversey 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 940–944 West Diversey Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is also served by the #76 (Diversey) CTA bus route. Red Line trains pass through the station on the central tracks, but do not stop.

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

[edit] History

Diversey 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]. From the late 1940s Diversey became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). Purple Line express trains began 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

Diversey is scheduled for reconstruction/renovation as part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project^[3]. The new station will be located on the south side of Diversey Avenue (the current buildings are on the north side of the street); it will have extended platforms capable of berthing 8 rail cars, and elevators to meet ADA accessibility requirements.

[edit] References

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