Grand (CTA Blue Line)

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	Grand

Station statistics

Address

502 N. Milwaukee Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

(500N/800W)

Lines

Blue Line

Structure

Subway

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

February 25, 1951

Closed

1992-1999

Rebuilt

1999, 2007

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Traffic (CTA)

Passengers (2006)

475,885 ▲ 4%

Grand is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line.

[edit] Station History

Grand/Milwaukee Station opened in 1951 as part of the Milwaukee-Dearborn Downtown Subway. The Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway was the second subway line in Chicago's Loop since the State Street Subway that opened 8 years earlier in 1943.

In 1985, Grand was closed during night and weekend hours due to low ridership. By 1992, Grand was only serving 850 passengers a day, and it was closed by the CTA due to its low ridership and a budget crisis. While the station was closed, the five stairways to the subway platform became garbarge-strewn, and the station fell into disrepair. In 1999 the CTA decided to reopen the Grand Station due to population growth in the area around the station. After some refurbishment on the station, Grand Station was reopened on June 25, 1999.