Francisco (CTA)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Francisco

Station statistics

Address

4649 North Francisco Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

4700 N, 2900 W

Lines

Brown Line

Structure

Street level station

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Opened

December 14, 1907

Rebuilt

2006/7

Accessible

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

254,702^[1] ▼ 8%

Francisco is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood at 4649 North Francisco Avenue. The adjacent stations are Kedzie, which is about ⅓ mile to the west, and Rockwell, located across the Chicago River about ⅜ mile to the east.

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

[edit] History

Francisco station prior to renovation in 2006

Francisco Station opened on December 14, 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line^[2]. It had survived relatively intact until September 2006, when the station was closed for renovation.

[edit] Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

The Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project aims to allow 8 car trains on the Brown Line by the extension of the platforms at all stations. At the same time all Brown Line stations are being upgraded to meet ADA requirements. Because of the historic nature of the station structures, Francisco Station was not completely rebuilt, as with the neighboring Kedzie and Rockwell stations. However, the platforms were rebuilt, an auxiliary entrance added on North Sacramento Avenue, and the station house and canopy renovated and upgraded^[2]. The station was closed from 15 September 2006 to 9 March 2007 to allow this work to be completed^[3].