Berwyn (CTA station)

Berwyn
Station statistics
Address 1121 West Berwyn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60640
Lines
  Red Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 4
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 1917
Rebuilt 1921
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly Edgewater Beach
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,098,496[1]  2.3%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
toward Howard
 Red Line

Berwyn is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue (directional coordinates 5300 north, 1200 west) in the southern part of the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.[2] The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about 3⁄8 miles (0.60 km) to the north, and Argyle, about 1⁄3 miles (0.54 km) to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only single island platform in the center of the tracks; Purple Line weekday rush hour express service use the outside tracks but do not stop at this station.

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History

The Northwestern Elevated Railroad extended its services north from Wilson to Central Street in Evanston in 1908, but they did not build a station at Berwyn Avenue until the tracks between Wilson and Howard were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922. This new station was built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson; the date of opening is not known, but a station may have existed at Berwyn by 1917.[2] At the time of its opening the station was named Edgewater Beach Station; the name was changed to Berwyn in the late 1950s,[3] around about the time that Lake Shore Drive was extended from Foster Avenue to Hollywood Avenue destroying the namesake Edgewater beach.[4]

Bus connections

CTA

References

  1. ^ "Annual Ridership Report: Calendar Year 2010" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2010-Annual.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  2. ^ a b Garfield, Graham. "Berwyn". Chicago "L".org. http://chicago-l.org/stations/berwyn.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  3. ^ See: Garfield, Graham. "Route Maps". Chicago "L".org. http://chicago-l.org/maps/route/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. —the 1944 Rand McNally Street Guide refers to the station as Edgewater Beach, CTA system maps from the 1950s refer to the station as Edgewater Beach-Berwyn, by 1965 the CTA system maps just used Berwyn.
  4. ^ "Lake Shore Drive". Encyclopedia of Chicago. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/410024.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  5. ^ "92 Foster: Route Information". Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/busroute.aspx?RouteId=256. Retrieved July 29, 2010. 
  6. ^ "144 Marine/Michigan Express". Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/busroute.aspx?RouteId=284. Retrieved July 29, 2010. 
  7. ^ "146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express". Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/busroute.aspx?RouteId=286. Retrieved July 29, 2010. 
  8. ^ "151 Sheridan: Schedule" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/asset.aspx?AssetId=822. Retrieved July 29, 2010. 

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