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| Address | 2211 North California Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60647 |
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 25, 1895 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2008) | 1,126,328 12% (CTA) | ||||||||||
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California is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. From California, trains run every 2-7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 12 minutes to reach the Loop.
California station was opened in 1895 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated's Logan Square branch. It was the penultimate station to the Logan Square Terminal.
In the summer of 2008, a temporary entrance immediately to the north of the station house was utilized for two weeks in order to renovate the station house. After stripping the interior, and removing the joist-supported wooden floor, the former crawl space was filled with gravel and covered by a concrete slab, the surface of which was patterned to imitate cobblestone. The repositioned agent box and farecard vending machines substantially increased the pedestrian traffic efficiency through the station house.