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Looking at the Union Pacific tracks. Metra's Union Pacific/West line operates over these tracks. |
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| Address | 350 North Central Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60644 |
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island Platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 15, 1899[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1962, 1994-1996 (renovation) | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2008) | 766,980[2] 3.7% | ||||||||||
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Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is situated between the Laramie and Austin stations on the Green Line, which runs from Harlem Avenue in Forest Park to Englewood and Woodlawn. The station is located at the intersection of Central Avenue and Corcoran Place in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
The original Central station was built as part of an extension of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad that opened on April 15, 1899. The structure, consisting of a single island platform, was originally at grade, but was relocated onto an embankment in 1962 to allow Central Avenue to pass underneath. The Parkside Avenue auxiliary entrance closed on January 15, 1973.[3] During the 1994 Green Line rehabilitation, Central was repainted and an elevator was added for accessibility.
Despite the identical name, it is geographically distant from Central station on the Purple Line.