Roosevelt/Wabash (CTA station)

Roosevelt
Station statistics
Address 22 East Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Lines
  Orange Line
  Green Line
Connections
  Red Line
at Roosevelt/State
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened June 6, 1892
Closed January 21, 1963
Rebuilt November 1, 1993
Accessible
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Formerly 12th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 2,293,245[1]  1.8%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
One-way operation
 Orange Line
toward Midway
toward The Loop
toward Harlem
 Green Line
    Free transfer    
toward Howard
 Red Line
Transfer at: Roosevelt/State

Roosevelt is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green and Orange Lines. It is an elevated station with a single island platform, located at 22 East Roosevelt Road in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, just east of State Street.

Free transfers to the Red Line subway station of Roosevelt are available at this station, and the Museum Campus/11th Street Metra station is about ⅓ miles to the east. The station is also the closest 'L' station to the Museum Campus of Chicago and Soldier Field, which are about ½ mile to the east.

Contents

History

The original station on this site opened on June 6, 1892.[2] In addition to serving 'L' trains, the Roosevelt station also served trains of the North Shore Line. 'L' trains stopped using the station in 1949 when CTA routed all trains from Englewood and Jackson Park through the State Street Subway, forming the North-South Route (a precursor of today's Red Line) but it continued to serve as the southern terminal for the North Shore Line until 1963, when the railroad ceased operations. The station then closed and was demolished. Tracks still passed the spot, and trains resumed passing in 1969 when these began to route Dan Ryan trains into the Loop "L". The current station opened in 1993 as part of the new CTA Orange Line.

Bus and rail connections

CTA Buses

CTA Red Line

Metra Electric and South Shore Lines

References

  1. ^ "Rail Ridership by Branch and Entrance: December 2009" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/ridership_reports/2009-12.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-01. 
  2. ^ Roosevelt. Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 28, 2006)

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