Laramie (CTA station)
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| Location |
5148 West Lake Street Chicago, Illinois 60644 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°53′14″N 87°45′18″W / 41.887163°N 87.754986°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 29, 1894 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1899, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | 52nd Avenue | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
465,524[1]  3.2% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 118 out of 143[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
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Laramie is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. It opened on April 29, 1894 as a terminus of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad. It is the first station above Lake Street as the line follows an elevated embankment to Harlem/Lake.
Station layout
| 2F | - | Crossover between platforms |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← Green Line toward Harlem/Lake (Central) | |
| Eastbound | → Green Line toward Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove (Cicero) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| G | Street level | Entrance/Exit |
Bus connections
- #57 Laramie
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Due to possible double-counting of physically-connected stations, the CTA's official 2014 tally of stations was 145, but for ridership purposes reported having only 143 stations.
References
- ↑ "Monthly Ridership Report – December 2014" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting. March 5, 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.