Morse (CTA)

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Morse

Coordinates:	6900 N, 1400 W
Lines:	Red
Platforms:	1 island platform
Opened:	1908 (rebuilt 1921)
2006 passenger entrances:	1,269,427 4%

Morse is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Red Line at 1358 W. Morse Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6900N, 1400W). The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an automated entry/exit from the north end of the platform onto Lunt Avenue (7000N). The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago, has four El stations (N to S): Howard, Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.

The station was first constructed in 1908, and rebuilt in 1921 as the line was elevated. This mostly brick and concrete stations remains today, with only minor renovations and changes made, the most recent being in 2004. A Chicago Police Department video camera was recently installed at the station, in response to community complaints of drug dealing, prostitution, and panhandling nearby.

The Rogers Park Metra commuter railroad station is five blocks to the west of Morse station on Lunt Ave.

There are several businesses that are also housed in the building containing the Morse El station. Next to the attendant's booth inside the station is a newstand offering the usual array of candy and soda, a small selection of magazines, as well as major newspapers such as the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. Along Morse Avenue flanking the El station is a Western Union and a liquor store. Along Lunt Ave at the north end of the station is a coffee shop called "Descartes' Coffee Shop" and a convenience store.