Granville (CTA)

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Granville
Station statistics
Address	1119 West Granville Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	6200 N, 1200 W
Lines	Red Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	May 16, 1908
Rebuilt	1921, 1980
Accessible
Owned by	Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly	North Edgewater Station
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	1,095,586[1] ▼ 6%

Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' metro system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6200 north, 1200 west). It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border.

Granville Station was opened as North Edgewater Station in 1908. The station was rebuilt in 1921, and the name was changed to Granville. The present station dates to 1980 when an escalator & elevator were added.

A police station, jointly administered by Loyola University Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Police Department was opened outside the Granville station on March 13, 2006. [1]

[edit] CTA Bus Connections

• #36 Broadway
• #N201 Central/Sherman

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

• Granville at Chicago-'L'.org
• Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site

• Granville (CTA) is at coordinates 41°59′37″N 87°39′33″W / 41.993731, -87.659148 (Granville (CTA))Coordinates: 41°59′37″N 87°39′33″W / 41.993731, -87.659148 (Granville (CTA))

Preceding station		Chicago 'L'		Following station
Loyola toward Howard		Red Line		Thorndale toward 95/Dan Ryan

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