Sedgwick (CTA)

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	Sedgwick

Station statistics

Address

1536 N. Sedgwick Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60610

Coordinates

(1600 N/400 W)

Lines

Brown Line

Purple Line

(rush hours only)

Structure

Elevated station

Platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

June 1, 1900

Rebuilt

2007

Accessible

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

895,627^[1] ▼ 4%

Sedgwick is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line, with weekday peak time service on Purple Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Near North Side neighborhood at 1536–40 North Sedgwick Avenue. The adjacent stations are Armitage, which is located about 1 mile to the northwest, and Chicago, located about 1 mile to the south.

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

[edit] History

The station was put into service in 1900 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's initial route,^[2] and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'.

[edit] Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

During 2007 the main station entrance was closed for extensive renovation and rebuilding as part of the CTA's Brown Line capacity expansion project. Throughout the renovation period, the station remained open on weekdays but experienced several weekend closures, with entrance to the station through a temporary entrance (which was later converted to an emergency exit) located one block west of the original entrance. As the outside express tracks had not been in service since 1963^[3] they were removed and island platforms widened, converting them to side platforms. The platforms were also extended to allow eight-car trains to berth, and elevators were added along with other upgrades to meet to meet ADA requirements.^[4] The historical station house was restored, and an extension was added behind it.^[2]

[edit] Bus Connections

CTA Buses

#11 Lincoln/Sedgwick
#72 North

[edit] References

^ Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2007 (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ ^a ^b Sedgwick. Chicago "L".org (URL accessed September 23, 2006).
^ Borzo, Greg (2007). The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5.
^ Sedgwick Station. CTA Countdown to a New Brown website (URL accessed September 23, 2006).

[edit] External links

Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site

Sedgwick (CTA) is at coordinates 41°54′37″N 87°38′19″W / 41.910397, -87.638631 (Sedgwick (CTA))Coordinates: 41°54′37″N 87°38′19″W / 41.910397, -87.638631 (Sedgwick (CTA))

[edit] Image Gallery

Reverse angle from infobox	Sedgwick station 2004	The station during renovation in September 2007. Note the lack of a roof.	workers outside of the station mixing concrete.
the sign at the station (please rotate this icture someone!)	a construction sign from October 2007