Thorndale (CTA station)

Thorndale
Station statistics
Address 1118 West Thorndale Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60660
Lines
  Red Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 4
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened February 14, 1915[1]
Rebuilt 1921
Owned by Chicago Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 898,702[2]  1.7%
Services
Preceding station   Chicago 'L'   Following station
toward Howard
 Red Line

Thorndale is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1118 West Thorndale Avenue (directional coordinates 5900 north, 1200 west) in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Granville, located about one quarter mile to the north, and Bryn Mawr, about one half mile to the south. Four tracks pass through the station, but there is only a 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

A temporary station opened at Thorndale in 1915. This was replaced with a permanent station built to a design by architect Charles P. Rawson in 1921 as part of a project by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad to raise the tracks between Wilson and Howard onto an embankment.[3]

Closure of the Thorndale station (along with Lawrence, and Jarvis on the Red Line and South Boulevard and Foster on the Purple Line) is proposed in of three of the CTA's six potential options for the renovation of the Purple Line and northern section of the Red Line.[4] In two plans the station would be replaced by new auxiliary entrances at Glenlake from Granville and Hollywood from Bryn Mawr. In the third, replacement would be by auxiliary entrances at Elmdale from a new subterranean station at Glenlake and at Hollywood from an new station at Bryn Mawr.[5]

Bus connections

CTA

References

  1. ^ "New "L" Station Opened". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. 15. February 15, 1915. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ Garfield, Graham. "Thorndale". Chicago "L".org. http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/thorndale.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  4. ^ Roberts, Bob (January 27, 2011). "CTA Riders Voice Their Opinions". CBS Chicago.com. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/01/27/cta-riders-voice-their-opinions/. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Information". North Red and Purple Modernization Project. Chicago Transit Authority. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/rpmproject/RPM_-_web_ScopingBook_redpurple_FTA.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 

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