Berwyn (CTA)

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	Berwyn

Station statistics

Address

1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

5300 N, 1200 W

Lines

Red Line

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

May 16, 1908

Rebuilt

1921

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Formerly

Edgewater Beach

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

1,018,879^[1] ▼ 7%

Berwyn is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue (directional coordinates 5300 north, 1200 west) in the southern part of the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about ⅜ mile to the north, and Argyle, about ⅓ mile to the south. Berwyn station also serves as the terminus for the CTA #92 (Foster), #144 (Marine/Michigan Express), and #146 (Inner Drive/Michigan Express) bus routes. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday peak time express services use the outside tracks but do not stop.

1 History
2 Bus Connections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The station opened as Edgewater Beach Station in 1908, but was rebuilt to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson when the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company raised the tracks between Wilson and Howard onto an embankment in 1921.^[2] The name was changed to Berwyn in the late 1950s,^[3] around about the time that Lake Shore Drive was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater beach.^[4]

[edit] Bus Connections

CTA Buses

#36 Broadway
#92 Foster
#144 Marine/Michigan Express
#146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express
#N151 Sheridan (Owl Service)

Pace Buses

#210 Lincoln Avenue

[edit] References

^ Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2007 (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ Garfield, Graham. Berwyn. Chicago "L".org. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
^ See: Garfield, Graham. Route Maps. Chicago "L".org. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.—the 1944 Rand McNally Street Guide refers to the station as Edgewater Beach, CTA system maps from the 1950s refer to the station as Edgewater Beach-Berwyn, by 1965 the CTA system maps just used Berwyn.
^ Lake Shore Drive. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.