Western (CTA Pink Line station)

	Western

Location

2009 South Western Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60608

Coordinates

41°51′15″N 87°41′06″W / 41.854225°N 87.685129°W

Owned by

Chicago Transit Authority

Line(s)

Pink Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

CTA Buses

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

September 7, 1896

Rebuilt

2002–04

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

392,832^[1]

6.6% (CTA)

Rank

125 out of 143^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Services

Preceding station	Chicago "L"	Following station
California toward 54th/Cermak	Pink Line	Damen toward The Loop
Metra
Cicero toward Aurora	BNSF Railway Transfer at: Western Avenue	Halsted Street toward Chicago Union Station

Route map

Legend

Pink Line

east to Loop

Western Ave.

Pink Line

west to 54/Cermak

Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. It is located in the Heart of Chicago and Heart of Italy neighborhoods in the Lower West Side community area. The station was originally built in 1896 as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch. It was rebuilt around 1935, and again between 2002 and 2004. It is located near Metra's Western Avenue & 18th Place (Metra) station on the BNSF Railway Line.

Bus connections

CTA

#21 Cermak
#49 Western (Owl Service)

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 17 April 2015.

External links

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