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| Address | 7519 North Paulina Street Chicago, Illinois 60626 |
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| Connections | Pace Buses | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 634 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 16, 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1921, 1964, 2006–09 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Formerly | Howard Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1,996,059[1] 4.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Howard is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system in Chicago, Illinois. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern terminus outside of weekday rush hours. Trains on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (North Shore Line) also stopped at Howard from 1926 until that line was abandoned in 1963.
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Howard station is located at 7519 North Paulina Street in Chicago, Illinois.[2] The station is in the Rogers Park community area of Chicago, just south of the border with the city of Evanston. It is one of four 'L' stations in Rogers Park, the others being Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.
The Chicago and Evanston Railroad constructed a route from Union Station in Chicago into Evanston in 1885 that became the Chicago and Evanston branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad (Milwaukee Road).[3] In 1908 the Northwestern Elevated Railroad extended service north from Wilson station and into Evanston using the right of way of the Milwaukee Road.[4] The Northwestern Elevated took over the operation of passenger services from the Milwaukee Road, rebuilt the stations along the line, and added new stations including one at Howard Avenue (now Howard Street).[5] The station was rebuilt in 1921 when the line through the station was elevated onto an embankment. An escalator was added in 1964.
Between 2006 and 2009 the station was rebuilt. A new station house was constructed on Paulina Street providing an accessible path between the station platforms and the multi-story parking garage and bus terminal to the west of the station.[6] The platforms and canopies were rebuilt, and the former main entrance on Howard Street entrance was renovated to be used as an auxiliary entrance to the new station. The station remained open throughout reconstruction, which was completed on March 20, 2009.[6]
A Park and Ride with 634 spaces, and sheltered bicycle provided at this station.[2] A large maintenance yard and rolling stock storage facility, known as Howard Yard, is just north of the station. Northbound Purple and Yellow Line trains pass through the yard on the way to their respective branches, and Red Line trains travel from the north-bound platform to the south-bound platform via a balloon loop in the yard.
Howard is served by several bus routes in addition to 'L' trains.[2] Eight CTA bus routes stop at the station, the #22 Clark, #97 Skokie, #147 Outer Drive Express, #151 Sheridan, #201 Central/Ridge, #N201 Central/Sherman (overnight service), #205 Chicago/Golf, and #206 Evanston Circulator. There are also two Pace routes that stop at the station, the #215 Crawford-Howard and #290 Touhy Avenue buses.