Irving Park (CTA Brown Line)

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For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named Irving Park, see Irving Park (CTA).

	Irving Park

Station statistics

Address

1816–18 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, Illinois

Coordinates

4000 N, 1800 W

Lines

Brown Line

Structure

Elevated station

Platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

May 18, 1907

Rebuilt

2007/8

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Station status

Temporarily Closed For Construction

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

844,476^[1] ▲ 15%

Irving Park is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located at 1816–18 West Irving Park Road (on the north side of the street) in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. The station is also served by the #80 (Irving Park) CTA bus route. The stations adjacent to Irving Park are Montrose, ½ mile to the north, and Addison, ½ mile to the south.

1 History
2 Bus Connections
3 Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Irving Park Station opened in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line^[2].

[edit] Bus Connections

CTA Buses

#80 Irving Park
#X80 Irving Park Express

[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. As of 2006, Irving Park Station is scheduled to rebuilt as part of this project^[3]. Irving Park Station closed for 12 months from 3 December 2007, during which renovations and upgrades will take place.