Howard (CTA)

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Howard
Station statistics
Address 1649 W. Howard Street
Chicago, IL 60626
Coordinates (7600N/1700W)
Lines
Red Line
Yellow Line
Purple Line
Connections CTA Buses
Pace Buses
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Parking 592 spaces
Other information
Opened May 16, 1908
Rebuilt 1921, 2007/8
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 1,903,038[1] ▼ 3%

Howard is a station on the Chicago 'L' system, located at 1649 West Howard Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 7600 north, 1700 west). It is the northernmost station on the CTA Red Line (and the outlying terminus of the North Side Main Line), and also has connections with the Yellow Line and the Purple Line; incidentally, the Yellow Line has one of its two termini here, while the Purple Line does not go south of this station outside of weekday rush hours.

The station is in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the border with Evanston. It was originally opened in 1908 and was rebuilt in 1921. An escalator was added in 1964. A Park and Ride with 634 spaces is provided at this station. The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago, has four El stations (N to S): Howard, Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.

A large maintenance yard and rolling stock storage facility, known as Howard Yard, is just north of the station. Northbound Purple and Yellow Line trains pass through the yard on the way to their respective branches, and Red Line trains travel from the north-bound platform to the south-bound platform via a balloon loop in the yard.

As of 2007 the station is being redeveloped to improve handicapped access and provide an additional entrance from the adjacent bus terminal.

View looking north from the former station crossover bridge into the Howard yard
View looking north from the former station crossover bridge into the Howard yard

[edit] Bus Connections

CTA Buses

  • #22 Clark (Owl Service)
  • #97 Skokie
  • #147 Outer Drive Express
  • #151 Sheridan (Sunday Morning & Evening Only)
  • #201 Central/Ridge
  • #N201 Central/Sherman (Owl Service)
  • #205 Chicago/Golf
  • #206 Evanston Circulator

Pace Buses

  • #215 Crawford-Howard
  • #290 Touhy Avenue
  • #422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court (Overnight UPS Service)
Red Destination sign
Red Destination sign
Purple destination sign
Purple destination sign
Yellow destination sign
Yellow destination sign

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2007 (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.

[edit] External links

Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
Terminus Red Line
Terminus
 Yellow Line Terminus
toward Linden
 Purple Line
Non-rushhour service
terminates at Howard
toward the Loop
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