Argyle (CTA)
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| Address | 1118 West Argyle Street Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 5000 N, 1200 W | |||
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| Structure | Elevated | |||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||
| Tracks | 4 | |||
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| Opened | May 16, 1908 | |||
| Rebuilt | 1914–22[1] | |||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||
| Formerly | Argyle Park | |||
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| Passengers (2007) | 780,346[2] ▼ 8% | |||
Argyle is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station with a single island platform located at 1118 West Argyle Street (directional coordinates 5000 north, 1200 west) in the New Chinatown neighborhood within Chicago's Uptown community area.
[edit] History
A depot on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Evanston route was constructed at Argyle in the late 19th century. When the Northwestern Elevated Railroad was extended north from Wilson in 1908, taking over from Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, they opened a station at Argyle called Argyle Park[3]. This station was rebuilt to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson when the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment in 1921. The station was renovated in 1991 and a Chinese-style hipped-and-gabled roof was added to the platform canopy.
[edit] References
- ^ Borzo, Greg (2007). The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, p. 70. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.
- ^ Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2007 (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ Argyle. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed 8 October 2006).
[edit] External links
- Argyle (CTA) is at coordinates Coordinates:
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toward Howard
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Red Line |
toward 95/Dan Ryan
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